Theta
#12,543 most common girls' name of all time · #20,776 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1907–2015
Rank among girls
#12,543
Rank overall
#20,776 of 105,966
First appeared
1907
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
402
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1907 #870
Best rank
#870 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Theta first appears in 1907. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,553 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,625 |
| 1962 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,336 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,828 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,388 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,010 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,530 |
| 1956 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,462 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,588 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,445 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,445 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,042 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,567 |
| 1945 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,171 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,222 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,936 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,838 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,134 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,064 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,233 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,262 |
| 1934 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,032 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,779 |
| 1932 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,001 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,767 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1927 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,784 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,405 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,578 |
| 1924 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,803 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,238 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,351 |
| 1921 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,708 |
| 1919 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,444 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,006 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,909 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,771 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,315 |
| 1910 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,111 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,064 |
| 1907 | 20 | — | 20 | #870 |