Thelton — boys' name
102 babies named Thelton in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Thelton was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Thelton in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thelton
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Thelton between 1913 and 1963, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Thelton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thelton performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Thelton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thelton 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 102 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.
Thelton at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thelton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1913
- Peak year (1926)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
102 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 7 births in a single year.
Thelton by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 24 births that decade — 24% of Thelton's all-time total
Thelton decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Thelton's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1913–1963 (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.