Althea — #1396 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Althea

The Social Security Administration has registered 17,807 babies named Althea between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Althea currently holds the #1396 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 389 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Althea performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 3,015 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Althea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,557 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Althea in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Althea in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 17,807 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.