Thekla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Thekla

The Social Security Administration has registered 296 babies named Thekla between 1882 and 2021, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thekla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1890, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thekla performed strongest in the 1890s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Thekla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thekla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thekla 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 296 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.