Thetis — girls' name
147 babies named Thetis in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Thetis was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Thetis in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Thetis
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Thetis between 1914 and 1949, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Thetis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Thetis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Thetis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Thetis 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 147 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.
Thetis at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Thetis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–1914
- Peak year (1915)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1949.
147 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 10 births in a single year.
Thetis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 72 births that decade — 49% of Thetis's all-time total
Thetis decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 47 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Thetis's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1914–1949 (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.