Girls' name · since 1944
Thersia
73 babies named Thersia in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thersia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 73 recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Thersia recorded 73 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 1971.
- #30,728 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 73 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Thersia ranks #30,728 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 73 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #30,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 73
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Thersia's 73 recorded births place it above 57.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Thersia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Thersia's full recorded timeline at 1960, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Thersia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1971
- Peak year (1956)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Thersia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (30 births, 41% of the file).
1960s was Thersia's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Thersia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
26 births
- 1960s
1960s
30 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 30 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Thersia's data
- Thersia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (30 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Thersia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1944–1971 (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 Thersia 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.