Therion — boys' name
16 babies named Therion in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Therion since 1921, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1969.
- 16
- total births
- 1921–1969
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Therion was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Therion in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Therion
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Therion between 1921 and 1969, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Therion currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Therion performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Therion shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Therion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Therion 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 16 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.
Therion at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Therion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1921
- Peak year (1921)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
16 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 6 births in a single year.
Therion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 63% of Therion's all-time total
Therion decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Therion's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Therion by state
Where Therion concentrates geographically — total births since 1921
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 31.3% |
5 of 16 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 31.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 31.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1921–1969 (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.