Thelda

Popularity Trends

The name Thelda is the #7,218 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 521 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 6.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,195 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 521 births since 1902.

Thelda first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (first recorded for girls in 1902). Birth data for Thelda is available in 44 out of the 54 years between 1902 and 1955. 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, Thelda reached its peak popularity in 1926, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #577) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1926, with 26 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1955.

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

1902 1955 19021955

Key Statistics

Total Births

521

Peak Births

Peak Year

1926

First Recorded

1902

Peak Percentile

4.5%

Current Percentile

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Peak Rank

#577

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 "Thelda", 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 Thelda.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Thelda's popularity from 1899 to 1958 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.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Thelda 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 Thelda range from Maxine at 88.5% correlation to Nelma at 86.7% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.6%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Virginia with 653.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Cloteal with 471 births (100% girls).

Thelda's share of births peaked at 26 births per million for girls in 1926. It reached its lowest point of 2.6 births per million (10% of peak) in 1952. In 1955, the most recent period with data, the name Thelda had 3.5 births per million, 13% of its peak popularity.

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

Maxine

114.8k

88.49% (very strong)

Merlin

15.8k

88.31% (very strong)

Cloteal

471

88.14% (very strong)

Syble

5,535

88.02% (very strong)

Laddie

1,730

87.91% (very strong)

Laverne

56.1k

87.66% (very strong)

Jaunita

6,892

87.66% (very strong)

Dorothey

1,147

87.51% (very strong)

Norbert

20.4k

87.19% (very strong)

Avanell

654

86.97% (very strong)

Virginia

653.8k

86.93% (very strong)

Nelma

1,229

86.69% (very strong)

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 Thelda

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Thelda. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Thelda is pronounced as THEHL-duh, which has 2 syllables.

THEHL-duh

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THEHL-duh (2 syllables)

100.0% confidence

TH EH1 L D AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 EH1 L D 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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