Girls' name · since 1952
Thersea
125 babies named Thersea in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
125 girls have been named Thersea since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Thersea has 125 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1980.
- #24,705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 125 born since 1952
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thersea ranks #24,705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 125 born since 1952, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 125
- born since 1952
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thersea's 125 recorded births place it above 65.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thersea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Thersea's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1957, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Thersea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1980
- Peak year (1961)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Thersea by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (65 births, 52% of the file).
1960s was Thersea's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Thersea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
65 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 65 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thersea's data
- Thersea's decade-level peak was the 1960s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Thersea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1952–1980 (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 Thersea 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.