Anthea — #9607 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anthea

The Social Security Administration has registered 830 babies named Anthea between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anthea currently holds the #9607 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anthea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Anthea shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anthea in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anthea 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 830 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.