Thelma
Rank in 2025
#4661
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
29
girls 29
Peak year
1911
3,166 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
226,602
since 1880
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Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Thelma was most popular in 1911, when 3,166 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 29 babies were named Thelma, ranking #4661 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 4661 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 33 | 4294 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 23 | 5390 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 5028 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | 4326 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 27 | 4757 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 5612 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 27 | 4889 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 5045 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 32 | 4423 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 27 | 4981 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 5310 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 19 | 6462 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 27 | 5114 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 8196 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 20 | 6382 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 35 | 4269 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 30 | 4882 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 28 | 5097 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 34 | 4265 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 42 | 3509 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 31 | 4387 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 40 | 3532 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 31 | 4071 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 58 | 2600 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 50 | 2854 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 48 | 2812 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 62 | 2279 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 41 | 2934 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 48 | 2591 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 79 | 1802 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 70 | 1999 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 72 | 1942 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 89 | 1688 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 86 | 1702 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 92 | 1617 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 95 | 1506 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 84 | 1564 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 92 | 1424 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 105 | 1282 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 101 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 122 | 1126 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 119 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 152 | 972 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 152 | 964 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 148 | 994 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 164 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 171 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 195 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 193 | 750 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 198 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 238 | 641 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 219 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 225 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 281 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 274 | 621 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 318 | 554 | 5 | 4404 |
| 1968 | 400 | 480 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 388 | 481 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 475 | 425 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 579 | 379 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 655 | 371 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 720 | 353 | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | 752 | 345 | 5 | 4033 |
| 1961 | 772 | 339 | 5 | 4065 |
| 1960 | 835 | 326 | 7 | 3337 |
| 1959 | 899 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 847 | 316 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1957 | 967 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 1,078 | 254 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 1,105 | 246 | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | 1,241 | 228 | 8 | 2942 |
| 1953 | 1,295 | 223 | 5 | 3798 |
| 1952 | 1,358 | 209 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 1,528 | 189 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,458 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,625 | 172 | 9 | 2606 |
| 1948 | 1,763 | 163 | 10 | 2443 |
| 1947 | 1,902 | 153 | 12 | 2251 |
| 1946 | 1,794 | 150 | 8 | 2690 |
| 1945 | 1,853 | 131 | 5 | 3338 |
| 1944 | 1,997 | 131 | 14 | 1890 |
| 1943 | 2,210 | 127 | 12 | 2182 |
| 1942 | 2,257 | 121 | 13 | 2042 |
| 1941 | 2,367 | 108 | 10 | 2333 |
| 1940 | 2,461 | 101 | 11 | 2179 |
| 1939 | 2,696 | 88 | 24 | 1359 |
| 1938 | 2,866 | 86 | 16 | 1741 |
| 1937 | 3,062 | 78 | 19 | 1576 |
| 1936 | 3,196 | 74 | 32 | 1169 |
| 1935 | 3,190 | 76 | 32 | 1165 |
| 1934 | 3,646 | 65 | 30 | 1213 |
| 1933 | 3,636 | 57 | 25 | 1330 |
| 1932 | 4,272 | 51 | 27 | 1324 |
| 1931 | 4,440 | 53 | 37 | 1111 |
| 1930 | 5,250 | 45 | 34 | 1215 |
| 1929 | 5,476 | 41 | 32 | 1237 |
| 1928 | 5,978 | 40 | 33 | 1254 |
| 1927 | 6,303 | 38 | 27 | 1436 |
| 1926 | 6,585 | 36 | 36 | 1192 |
| 1925 | 6,823 | 35 | 41 | 1091 |
| 1924 | 7,316 | 33 | 45 | 1058 |
| 1923 | 7,379 | 31 | 29 | 1358 |
| 1922 | 7,254 | 31 | 27 | 1434 |
| 1921 | 7,839 | 30 | 32 | 1296 |
| 1920 | 7,814 | 31 | 32 | 1273 |
| 1919 | 7,558 | 31 | 42 | 1047 |
| 1918 | 7,740 | 32 | 44 | 1012 |
| 1917 | 7,245 | 32 | 28 | 1291 |
| 1916 | 7,290 | 29 | 30 | 1206 |
| 1915 | 6,762 | 30 | 28 | 1241 |
| 1914 | 5,496 | 26 | 23 | 1221 |
| 1913 | 4,595 | 26 | 29 | 914 |
| 1912 | 4,183 | 26 | 20 | 1023 |
| 1911 | 3,166 | 27 | 12 | 982 |
| 1910 | 2,976 | 25 | 17 | 729 |
| 1909 | 2,612 | 26 | 12 | 840 |
| 1908 | 2,526 | 26 | 8 | 1021 |
| 1907 | 2,339 | 28 | 13 | 735 |
| 1906 | 2,114 | 31 | 12 | 709 |
| 1905 | 1,945 | 36 | 10 | 786 |
| 1904 | 1,757 | 37 | 9 | 810 |
| 1903 | 1,479 | 47 | 9 | 783 |
| 1902 | 1,309 | 52 | 6 | 1013 |
| 1901 | 1,090 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,094 | 73 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 736 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 605 | 99 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 419 | 117 | 6 | 942 |
| 1896 | 260 | 167 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 173 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 70 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 42 | 414 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 33 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 22 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 24 | 516 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 15 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | 937 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 12 | 657 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | 851 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1881 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | 836 | <5 | — |
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