Thalma

Popularity Trends

The name Thalma is the #7,728 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 11 recorded births since 1911. This represents the 0.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,705 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 11 births since 1911.

Thalma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1911 (first recorded for girls in 1911). Birth data for Thalma is available in 2 out of the 4 years between 1911 and 1914. 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, Thalma reached its peak popularity in 1911, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #410) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1911, with 14 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1914.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Thalma".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

Peak Births

Peak Year

1911

First Recorded

1911

Peak Percentile

0.2%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#410

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Thalma", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Thalma.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Thalma's popularity from 1911 to 1917 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts. For less common names, correlations may be less meaningful because we only have data for years in which at least 5 births of the same gender were recorded.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Thalma at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Thalma range from Albirdia at 93.8% correlation to Nath at 81.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 85.0%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Sears with 68 births (100% boys) and the least popular is Melster with 10 births (100% girls).

Thalma's share of births peaked at 13.6 births per million for girls in 1911. It reached its lowest point of 6.3 births per million (46% of peak) in 1914. In 1914, the most recent period with data, the name Thalma had 6.3 births per million, 46% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

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About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Thalma

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Thalma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 64.1% confident that Thalma is pronounced as THAHL-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is THAL-muh, at 25.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

THAHL-muh

64.1%

THAL-muh

25.6%

THUHL-muh

10.3%

THAHL-muh (2 syllables)

64.1% confidence

TH AA1 L M AH0

THAL-muh (2 syllables)

25.6% confidence

TH AE1 L M AH0

THUHL-muh (2 syllables)

10.3% confidence

TH AH1 L M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Thalma? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Thalma. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Thalma, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like TH AA1 L M AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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