The first name Theda
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Theda at birth, 1880–2025
In 2021, 5 girls born in the United States were named Theda, the 17,453rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1919, when 356 were.
6,556
babies named Theda since 1880
#17,453
rank in 2021
1919
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Theda
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Theda BaraAmerican actress (1885–1955)
- Theda SkocpolAmerican sociologist and political scientist, born 1947
- Theda UkenaEast Frisian countess by marriage and later regent of East Frisia (1432-1494)
Questions
- Is Theda a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,556 US babies named Theda since 1880 were girls.
- When was Theda most popular?
- 1919 in the United States, when 356 babies were named Theda, its highest rank at 337th.