Althea Girl
How popular is Althea?
#1,299 girl name in 2025
171 baby girls were named Althea in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
10,090living people named Althea (est.)
58median age of people named Althea
17,985babies named Althea since 1880
1 in 19,388US babies born in 2025
Althea popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,299 for girls (▲ 99 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 171 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+32% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,643 in 2015, #1,398 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1956 (388 girls) |
| Highest rank | #356 in 1920 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Where Althea is most popular
Babies named Althea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
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- Maine: 0.5 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- Colorado: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Oregon: 0.2 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.2 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
Althea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 156 | #439 |
| 1890s | 323 | #395 |
| 1900s | 496 | #426 |
| 1910s | 2,014 | #363 |
| 1920s | 2,591 | #356 |
| 1930s | 1,472 | #501 |
| 1940s | 1,275 | #544 |
| 1950s | 3,015 | #454 |
| 1960s | 1,791 | #659 |
| 1970s | 1,002 | #884 |
| 1980s | 592 | #1,396 |
| 1990s | 492 | #2,284 |
| 2000s | 627 | #2,273 |
| 2010s | 1,160 | #1,355 |
| 2020s | 974 | #1,299 |
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Questions
- Is Althea a boy or girl name?
- Althea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Althea were girls.
- How popular is the name Althea?
- 171 baby girls were named Althea in the US in 2025, making it the 1299th most popular girl name.
- When was Althea most popular?
- Althea peaked in 1956, when 388 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #356 in 1920.
- How many people are named Althea?
- 17,985 babies have been named Althea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,090 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 58.
- Where is Althea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Althea was most common in Maine, at 0.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.