Unisex name · since 1916

Themis

Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Themis, peaking in 1916. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#50,268 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,070 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
15
born since 1916
2020s
peak decade

15 babies have been named Themis since 1916, making it today's #15070 unisex name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Themis has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1916, currently ranked #15070 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.

  • #50,268 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,070 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 15 born since 1916
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Themis ranks #50,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,070 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 15 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.

#50,268 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,070 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
15
born since 1916
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%12.8%
Themis vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Themis's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Themis compares

15 5th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Themis's all-time total is 96% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Themis Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 15 376 567,345
Peak-year births 5 21 19,840

Themis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Themis's full recorded timeline at 2024, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births.

Themis popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1916)
5
Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
5 191620242025 5

Themis popularity over time - boys

5 total births recorded since 1975 (Themis as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 1975 5

Themis by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).

2020s was Themis's strongest decade.

10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.

Themis births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Themis?
15 babies have been named Themis since 1916. All-time, it sits at #50,268 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #15,070 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1916 with 5 births.
Where does Themis sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Themis ranks #50,268 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,070 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Themis most popular?
Themis was most popular in the 2020s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
Is Themis a unisex name?
Yes, Themis is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 15 births, and as a boy's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Themis been used?
The SSA has tracked Themis since 1916 -- 110 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Themis?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Theresa, Thelma, Therese, Thea, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Themis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1916–2025 (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 Themis 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.