Themis — #15407 US unisex name
10 babies named Themis in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Themis was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Themis in 1916 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Themis
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Themis between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Themis currently holds the #15407 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Themis is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Themis performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Themis shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Themis 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 10 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.
Themis at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Themis popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1916
- Peak year (1916)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
Currently ranks #15407 among girls.
10 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1916 with 5 births in a single year.
Themis popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1975 (Themis as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Themis accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Themis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Themis's all-time total
Themis decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Themis's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1916–2024 (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.