Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Thelma

#185 most common girls' name of all time · #355 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#185
Rank overall
#355 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
143 of 146
All-time
226,602
Since 2016
277
Peak year
1921 #30
Best rank
#25 1910
Girls Boys peak 7,871/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Thelma is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 29 — 29 #4,665
2024 33 — 33 #4,299
2023 23 — 23 #5,396
2022 26 — 26 #5,037
2021 32 — 32 #4,332
2020 27 — 27 #4,761
2019 22 — 22 #5,618
2018 27 — 27 #4,893
2017 26 — 26 #5,052
2016 32 — 32 #4,426
2015 27 — 27 #4,989
2014 25 — 25 #5,315
2013 19 — 19 #6,467
2012 27 — 27 #5,118
2011 14 — 14 #8,202
2010 20 — 20 #6,385
2009 35 — 35 #4,272
2008 30 — 30 #4,887
2007 28 — 28 #5,100
2006 34 — 34 #4,266
2005 42 — 42 #3,511
2004 31 — 31 #4,394
2003 40 — 40 #3,537
2002 31 — 31 #4,078
2001 58 — 58 #2,601
2000 50 — 50 #2,858
1999 48 — 48 #2,814
1998 62 — 62 #2,280
1997 41 — 41 #2,936
1996 48 — 48 #2,592
1995 79 — 79 #1,804
1994 70 — 70 #2,000
1993 72 — 72 #1,943
1992 89 — 89 #1,689
1991 86 — 86 #1,703
1990 92 — 92 #1,618
1989 95 — 95 #1,507
1988 84 — 84 #1,565
1987 92 — 92 #1,425
1986 105 — 105 #1,283
1985 101 — 101 #1,318
1984 122 — 122 #1,128
1983 119 — 119 #1,127
1982 152 — 152 #972
1981 152 — 152 #965
1980 148 — 148 #994
1979 164 — 164 #906
1978 171 — 171 #858
1977 195 — 195 #774
1976 193 — 193 #750
1975 198 — 198 #737
1974 238 — 238 #641
1973 219 — 219 #683
1972 225 — 225 #665
1971 281 — 281 #606
1970 274 — 274 #621
1969 318 5 323 #554
1968 400 — 400 #480
1967 388 — 388 #481
1966 475 — 475 #426
1965 579 — 579 #380
1964 655 — 655 #371
1963 720 7 727 #353
1962 752 5 757 #345
1961 772 5 777 #339
1960 835 7 842 #326
1959 899 — 899 #305
1958 847 6 853 #316
1957 967 — 967 #291
1956 1,078 — 1,078 #254
1955 1,105 11 1,116 #246
1954 1,241 8 1,249 #228
1953 1,295 5 1,300 #223
1952 1,358 6 1,364 #209
1951 1,528 — 1,528 #189
1950 1,458 — 1,458 #187
1949 1,625 9 1,634 #172
1948 1,763 10 1,773 #163
1947 1,902 12 1,914 #153
1946 1,794 8 1,802 #150
1945 1,853 5 1,858 #131
1944 1,997 14 2,011 #131
1943 2,210 12 2,222 #127
1942 2,257 13 2,270 #121
1941 2,367 10 2,377 #108
1940 2,461 11 2,472 #101
1939 2,696 24 2,720 #88
1938 2,866 16 2,882 #86
1937 3,062 19 3,081 #78
1936 3,196 32 3,228 #74
1935 3,190 32 3,222 #76
1934 3,646 30 3,676 #65
1933 3,636 25 3,661 #57
1932 4,272 27 4,299 #51
1931 4,440 37 4,477 #53
1930 5,250 34 5,284 #45
1929 5,476 32 5,508 #41
1928 5,978 33 6,011 #40
1927 6,303 27 6,330 #38
1926 6,585 36 6,621 #36
1925 6,823 41 6,864 #35
1924 7,316 45 7,361 #33
1923 7,379 29 7,408 #31
1922 7,254 27 7,281 #31
1921 7,839 32 7,871 #30
1920 7,814 32 7,846 #31
1919 7,558 42 7,600 #31
1918 7,740 44 7,784 #32
1917 7,245 28 7,273 #32
1916 7,290 30 7,320 #29
1915 6,762 28 6,790 #30
1914 5,496 23 5,519 #26
1913 4,595 29 4,624 #26
1912 4,183 20 4,203 #26
1911 3,166 12 3,178 #27
1910 2,976 17 2,993 #25
1909 2,612 12 2,624 #26
1908 2,526 8 2,534 #26
1907 2,339 13 2,352 #28
1906 2,114 12 2,126 #31
1905 1,945 10 1,955 #36
1904 1,757 9 1,766 #37
1903 1,479 9 1,488 #47
1902 1,309 6 1,315 #52
1901 1,090 — 1,090 #57
1900 1,094 — 1,094 #73
1899 736 — 736 #78
1898 605 — 605 #99
1897 419 6 425 #117
1896 260 5 265 #168
1895 173 — 173 #205
1894 70 — 70 #335
1893 42 — 42 #421
1892 33 — 33 #478
1891 25 — 25 #521
1890 22 — 22 #568
1889 24 — 24 #529
1888 15 — 15 #682
1887 7 — 7 #967
1886 12 — 12 #683
1884 7 — 7 #883
1883 6 — 6 #859
1880 5 — 5 #936