Thena — #7965 US girls' name
268 babies named Thena in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Thena was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Thena in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thena
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Thena between 1905 and 2024, spanning 120 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thena currently holds the #7965 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thena performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Thena shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thena 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 268 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.
Thena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1905
- Peak year (2022)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 120 years of records
Currently ranks #7965 among girls.
268 total births across 120 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 25 births in a single year.
Thena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 75 births that decade — 28% of Thena's all-time total
Thena decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Thena's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Thena by state
Where Thena concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 268 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1905–2024 (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.