Girls' name · since 1908
Therma
Since 1908, U.S. Social Security records show 114 babies named Therma, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1908
- 1910s
- peak decade
Therma sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 114 recorded since 1908.
Therma has 114 recorded births among girls since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 1937.
- #25,743 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1908
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Therma ranks #25,743 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1908, peaking in the 1910s.
- #25,743 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1908
- 1910s
- peak decade
Therma's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Therma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Therma splits its recorded history at 1920: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1909 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Therma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–1937
- Peak year (1917)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Therma by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (49 births, 43% of the file).
1910s was Therma's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Therma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
49 births
- 1920s
1920s
46 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 49 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Therma's decade-level peak was the 1910s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Therma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
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, 1908–1937 (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 Therma 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.