Girls' name · since 1918
Thela
Thela has 51 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,902 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
51 girls have been named Thela since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thela has 51 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1955.
- #34,902 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 51 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thela ranks #34,902 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 51 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #34,902 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 51
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Thela's 51 recorded births place it above 51.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Thela splits its recorded history at 1928: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Thela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1955
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Thela by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (19 births, 37% of the file).
1920s was Thela's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Thela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
12 births
- 1920s
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 19 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Thela's decade-level peak was the 1920s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–1955 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Thela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.