Thelma · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Thelma.

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Its story

Popularity since 1896

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 60 recorded years as a table

Thelma, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1896	42
1897	53
1902	49
1903	75
1904	70
1905	76
1906	90
1907	89
1908	52
1909	73
1910	88
1911	53
1912	47
1913	57
1914	35
1915	33
1916	34
1917	30
1918	43
1919	43
1920	30
1921	29
1922	25
1923	26
1924	40
1925	37
1926	32
1927	24
1928	30
1929	30
1930	31
1931	36
1932	26
1933	25
1934	29
1935	31
1936	31
1937	18
1938	14
1939	22
1940	9
1941	8
1942	9
1943	8
1944	10
1945	4
1946	5
1947	7
1948	6
1949	5
1952	3
1953	3
1954	4
1955	5
1958	3
1960	3
1961	2
1962	2
1963	3
1969	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Thelma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1969: 5
Rank in 1969: #4,404
How rare: 1 in 357,634 boys
Since 1896: 1,142

Thelma was last recorded in 1969. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1906, at 90 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Thelma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.