Thera — #15318 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Thera

The Social Security Administration has registered 892 babies named Thera between 1899 and 2024, spanning 126 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thera currently holds the #15318 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Thera performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Thera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Thera in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Thera 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 892 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.