Althea
Rank in 2025
#1299
recorded as girls
Up 99 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
171
girls 171
Peak year
1920
336 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
17,985
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Althea was most popular in 1920, when 336 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.28 per 1,000). In 2025, 171 babies were named Althea, ranking #1299 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | 1299 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 160 | 1398 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 167 | 1348 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 175 | 1343 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 145 | 1476 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 156 | 1398 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 167 | 1355 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 162 | 1386 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 154 | 1460 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 128 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 130 | 1643 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 92 | 2096 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 101 | 1953 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 73 | 2495 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 72 | 2511 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 81 | 2341 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 75 | 2510 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 59 | 2957 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 57 | 3047 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 57 | 2978 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 68 | 2524 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 66 | 2526 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 69 | 2393 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 55 | 2745 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 53 | 2766 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 68 | 2277 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 61 | 2405 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 58 | 2398 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 51 | 2511 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 47 | 2630 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 40 | 2932 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 39 | 2988 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 51 | 2451 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 40 | 2920 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 50 | 2484 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | 2289 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 70 | 1873 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 55 | 2093 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 47 | 2276 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 50 | 2116 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 44 | 2283 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 70 | 1593 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 49 | 2047 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 50 | 2050 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 88 | 1396 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 69 | 1657 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 70 | 1605 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 64 | 1653 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 77 | 1440 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 83 | 1307 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 76 | 1381 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 106 | 1094 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 95 | 1151 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 142 | 888 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 139 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 150 | 884 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 155 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 202 | 684 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 211 | 659 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 164 | 765 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 213 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 149 | 854 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 133 | 912 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 161 | 825 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 187 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 216 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 217 | 681 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 278 | 595 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 352 | 509 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 388 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 248 | 580 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 308 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 254 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 328 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 333 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 309 | 462 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 235 | 545 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 126 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 118 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 125 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 110 | 712 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 111 | 715 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 115 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 116 | 689 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 118 | 651 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 101 | 693 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 113 | 643 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 119 | 629 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 148 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 124 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 141 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 165 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 163 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 164 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 160 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 175 | 506 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 198 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 196 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 263 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 226 | 449 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 258 | 428 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 275 | 421 | 5 | 4347 |
| 1923 | 254 | 421 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 274 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 311 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 336 | 356 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 261 | 399 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 318 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 265 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 265 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 266 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 199 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 141 | 416 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 131 | 404 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 77 | 467 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 91 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 75 | 426 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 66 | 444 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 48 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 53 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 46 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 46 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 49 | 457 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 41 | 490 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 37 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 35 | 589 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 41 | 455 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 33 | 555 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 29 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 36 | 487 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 32 | 520 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 42 | 429 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 23 | 594 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 29 | 503 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 39 | 395 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 19 | 599 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 30 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 21 | 548 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 18 | 524 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 19 | 508 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 14 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 13 | 536 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 11 | 560 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 8 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 9 | 580 | <5 | — |
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Where Althea is most popular
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- Ohio2.1×
- Illinois1.9×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years