girls:
15.4k births since 1885
#1230 (78th percentile)
overall:
15.4k births since 1885
#2114 (73rd percentile)
The name Thalia is the #2,114 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 15,361 recorded births since 1885. This represents the 72.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,230 (78.5% percentile) for all time with 15,361 births since 1885.
Thalia first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1885 (first recorded for girls in 1885). Birth data for Thalia is available in 122 out of the 139 years between 1885 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Thalia reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 61.1% percentile (ranked #337) with 355 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 355 births per million (ranked 61.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2018, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Thalia ranks #492 for girls (48.1% percentile) with 297 births per million, which is 83.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thalia".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Thalia. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 25.6% confident that Thalia is pronounced as THAHL-yuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is thuh-LEE-uh, at 20.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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