Thursa
Thursa was last recorded in 1962, when 5 babies were given it; 150 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1962 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Thursa by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Thursa mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Thursa is “a female given name.”
Rare non-standard spelling of Thirza.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Thursa?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #7,494, in 1962; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
10 babies in 1906, the peak
Thursa peaked in 1906, when 10 girls were given it, #1,313 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | #7,494 | 2.5 |
| 1936 | 6 | #4,130 | 5.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,898 | 4.8 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,366 | 5.6 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,902 | 4.7 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,369 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,838 | 6.7 |
| 1926 | 5 | #5,544 | 4.2 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,632 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 5 | #5,649 | 4.1 |
Every recorded year (24)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 5 | #5,709 | 4.2 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,349 | 5.8 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,479 | 4.4 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,244 | 6.0 |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,045 | 6.5 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,353 | 5.7 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,399 | 8.1 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,938 | 10.8 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,523 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,399 | 15.0 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,313 | 33.9 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,634 | 23.5 |
| 1885 | 6 | #1,036 | 45.1 |
| 1880 | 5 | #937 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Thursa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Thursa has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 24 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Thursa: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Thursa, and how old are they?
An estimated 9 Americans named Thursa and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026, too few to state an age range. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Thursa
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Josiephine | 1,061 | |
| Paralee | 1,215 | |
| Evaline | 1,708 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Thursa and names like it
- Compare Thursa and JosiephineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1900sThursa peaked in 1906.
- The top names of 1906The year the most babies were named Thursa.
- Names starting with TMost given first.