Thecla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Thecla

The Social Security Administration has registered 281 babies named Thecla between 1888 and 1986, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thecla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thecla performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Thecla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thecla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thecla 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 281 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.