Thecla

Girl · recorded 1888–1986

  • 1986last recorded
  • 1895best year

Most popular in 1895.

Last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Thecla.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1888

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Thecla, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188828
189530
189823
189926
190017
190227
190617
190716
190815
191126
191216
19138
191412
191510
191611
191717
191811
19199
19208
19216
19229
19235
192410
19256
19264
19285
19309
19315
19355
19366
19395
19483
19553
19572
19583
19593
19623
19863

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Thecla 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1986
5
Rank in 1986
#10,912
How rare
1 in 343,109 girls
Since 1888
281

Thecla was last recorded in 1986. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1895, at 30 per million girls born.

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

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