# Theda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/theda/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,556 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,556 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 8 | 8,097 |
| 1990 | 6 | 12,836 |
| 1991 | 8 | 10,196 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,702 |
| 1994 | 7 | 11,689 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,383 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,467 |
| 2011 | 5 | 19,367 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,473 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,871 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,914 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,688 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,302 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,453 |

## People named Theda

- Theda Bara, American actress (1885–1955)
- Theda Skocpol, American sociologist and political scientist
- Theda Ukena, East Frisian countess by marriage and later regent of East Frisia (1432-1494)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.