Is Theda a boy or girl name?
Theda was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 6,556 US babies named Theda were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Theda since 1880
- 6,556
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 356 babies
Boys and girls named Theda, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 19 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 42 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 100 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 1,583 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,981 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 936 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 727 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 599 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 314 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 135 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 36 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 39 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 29 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 10 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,444 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,292 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 7 | #13,681 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 5 | #17,909 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 5 | #18,869 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 7 | #14,470 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 5 | #19,366 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 6 | #17,465 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 5 | #16,398 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 6 | #13,383 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 7 | #11,689 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 7 | #11,701 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 8 | #10,196 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 6 | #12,836 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,096 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,850 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,553 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,019 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 11 | #6,147 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,198 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 14 | #4,923 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,180 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,141 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,025 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 11 | #5,168 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 13 | #4,508 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,930 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,704 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 26 | #2,641 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 18 | #3,156 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 32 | #2,114 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 28 | #2,300 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,198 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,972 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,207 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 34 | #2,024 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 39 | #1,869 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 40 | #1,809 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 44 | #1,669 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 37 | #1,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 56 | #1,425 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,436 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,308 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 59 | #1,300 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 82 | #1,070 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,215 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 67 | #1,150 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,051 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 64 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 88 | #950 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 62 | #1,086 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 65 | #967 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 66 | #963 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 73 | #915 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 67 | #957 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 78 | #819 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 87 | #740 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 90 | #722 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 84 | #763 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 105 | #665 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 84 | #727 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 82 | #750 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 102 | #666 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 77 | #754 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 103 | #666 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 106 | #646 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 103 | #678 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 143 | #573 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 138 | #601 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 132 | #621 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 179 | #523 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 184 | #525 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 198 | #501 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 220 | #465 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 204 | #483 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 293 | #395 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 290 | #385 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 356 | #337 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 354 | #351 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 334 | #343 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 315 | #350 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 124 | #585 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 33 | #1,058 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 17 | #1,461 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 17 | #1,346 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 15 | #1,230 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 18 | #1,061 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,362 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 13 | #1,194 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,798 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,402 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,903 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,163 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,301 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,208 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,323 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 16 | #962 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,815 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,946 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 10 | #1,085 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,798 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,687 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,646 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,193 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 9 | #851 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,265 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 5 | #935 |
Highest rank
Theda has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #337 in 1919. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.