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Althea Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Althea?

In 2018 the uncommon name Althea, ranked the 1,380th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Althea is currently less popular.

Position 356, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1920.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1956 with 387 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Althea was 8 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Althea occurred roughly during the years 1881-1891, 1900-1903, 1905-1915, 1953-1956, 1994-1998, 2006-2009, and 2010-2017, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1933-1936, 1957-1963, 1970-1975, and 1989-1992.

The popularity trend for Althea has steadily increased for a while. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Althea for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Althea?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

The name Althea is still rare but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Althea (Girl)Althea (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 162 1,380 < 5 --
2017 154 1,456 < 5 --
2016 128 1,665 < 5 --
2015 130 1,644 < 5 --
2014 92 2,094 < 5 --
2013 101 1,951 < 5 --
2012 73 2,492 < 5 --
2011 72 2,505 < 5 --
2010 81 2,339 < 5 --
2009 75 2,511 < 5 --
2008 59 2,959 < 5 --
2007 57 3,051 < 5 --
2006 57 2,978 < 5 --
2005 68 2,526 < 5 --
2004 66 2,526 < 5 --
2003 69 2,392 < 5 --
2002 55 2,743 < 5 --
2001 53 2,766 < 5 --
2000 68 2,280 < 5 --
1999 61 2,405 < 5 --
1998 58 2,398 < 5 --
1997 51 2,513 < 5 --
1996 47 2,630 < 5 --
1995 40 2,933 < 5 --
1994 39 2,987 < 5 --
1993 51 2,452 < 5 --
1992 40 2,921 < 5 --
1991 50 2,485 < 5 --
1990 55 2,290 < 5 --
1989 70 1,873 < 5 --
1988 55 2,093 < 5 --
1987 47 2,276 < 5 --
1986 50 2,118 < 5 --
1985 44 2,281 < 5 --
1984 70 1,593 < 5 --
1983 49 2,048 < 5 --
1982 50 2,051 < 5 --
1981 88 1,397 < 5 --
1980 69 1,658 < 5 --
1979 70 1,605 < 5 --
1978 64 1,652 < 5 --
1977 77 1,440 < 5 --
1976 83 1,307 < 5 --
1975 76 1,381 < 5 --
1974 106 1,094 < 5 --
1973 95 1,152 < 5 --
1972 142 888 < 5 --
1971 139 930 < 5 --
1970 150 884 < 5 --
1969 155 826 < 5 --
1968 202 684 < 5 --
1967 211 661 < 5 --
1966 163 768 < 5 --
1965 213 674 < 5 --
1964 149 854 < 5 --
1963 135 903 < 5 --
1962 160 828 < 5 --
1961 187 760 < 5 --
1960 216 690 < 5 --
1959 217 680 < 5 --
1958 278 595 < 5 --
1957 352 507 < 5 --
1956 387 475 < 5 --
1955 248 580 < 5 --
1954 308 506 < 5 --
1953 254 546 < 5 --
1952 328 465 < 5 --
1951 334 454 < 5 --
1950 309 462 < 5 --
1949 235 545 < 5 --
1948 126 761 < 5 --
1947 118 803 < 5 --
1946 125 723 < 5 --
1945 110 713 < 5 --
1944 111 714 < 5 --
1943 115 718 < 5 --
1942 116 689 < 5 --
1941 118 652 < 5 --
1940 101 693 < 5 --
1939 113 643 < 5 --
1938 119 629 < 5 --
1937 148 549 < 5 --
1936 124 593 < 5 --
1935 141 540 < 5 --
1934 166 501 < 5 --
1933 162 501 < 5 --
1932 164 510 < 5 --
1931 160 516 < 5 --
1930 175 506 < 5 --
1929 198 480 < 5 --
1928 196 491 < 5 --
1927 263 425 < 5 --
1926 226 449 < 5 --
1925 258 428 < 5 --
1924 275 421 5 4,367
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 77 468 < 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 41 492 < 5 --
1901 37 499 < 5 --
1900 35 590 < 5 --
1899 41 456 < 5 --
1898 33 555 < 5 --
1897 29 555 < 5 --
1896 36 487 < 5 --
1895 32 520 < 5 --
1894 42 430 < 5 --
1893 23 594 < 5 --
1892 29 503 < 5 --
1891 39 395 < 5 --
1890 19 600 < 5 --
1889 30 441 < 5 --
1888 21 550 < 5 --
1887 18 525 < 5 --
1886 19 509 < 5 --
1885 14 576 < 5 --
1884 13 584 < 5 --
1883 13 537 < 5 --
1882 11 561 < 5 --
1881 8 625 < 5 --
1880 9 581 < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.