Recorded 1989–2023 Girls' name Peak 1993 143 births

Thalya — girls' name

143 babies named Thalya in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s71990s642000s492010s182020s5
1990s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Thalya was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

16 babies were named Thalya in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Thalya

The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Thalya between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thalya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thalya performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Thalya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thalya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thalya 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 143 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.

Thalya at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

143

Since 1989

35 years of records

Peak year

1993

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1989

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2023

Thalya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1993)
16
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
05101520 2023201020032000199719941989 7

Thalya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
64 births that decade — 45% of Thalya's all-time total
1980s71990s642000s492010s182020s5

Thalya by state

Where Thalya concentrates geographically — total births since 1989

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Thalya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
7 4.9%
New York share of Thalya's total US births 4.9%

7 of 143 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Thalya?
143 babies have been named Thalya since 1989. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1993 with 16 births.
When was Thalya most popular?
Thalya was most popular in the 1990s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Thalya most popular?
The top states for the name Thalya are New York (7 births).
How long has the name Thalya been used?
Thalya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1989, spanning 35 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Thalya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Thalia, Thais, Thania, Thao, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.