NameTides

Althea

Althea was the #1,299 girls' name in the US in 2025 (171 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #799 in Canada.

Althea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Althea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Althea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,299 (171)#1,362 (23)—#799 (36)
2024#1,398 (160)#1,449 (22)#898 (3)#1,117 (23)
2023#1,348 (167)#1,525 (20)—#886 (30)
2022#1,343 (175)#1,767 (16)—#1,017 (25)
2021#1,476 (145)#1,128 (30)—#997 (27)
2020#1,398 (156)#1,773 (16)—#1,020 (25)
2019#1,355 (167)#1,349 (23)—#970 (27)
2018#1,386 (162)#1,649 (18)—#714 (40)
2017#1,460 (154)#2,090 (13)—#979 (27)
2016#1,667 (128)#1,749 (17)—#986 (27)
2015#1,643 (130)#1,497 (21)—#1,043 (24)
2014#2,096 (92)#1,702 (17)—#1,600 (14)
2013#1,953 (101)#2,887 (8)—#1,021 (25)
2012#2,495 (73)#2,969 (8)#907 (3)#999 (26)
2011#2,511 (72)#2,636 (9)—#1,672 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1920 at #356.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Althea is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 7,900 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Althea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #711OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: #2,151FL
Althea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Althea (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AltheaCanadaGirls#79936
AltheaEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
AltheaIrelandGirls—too few
AltheaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AltheaUSGirls#1,299171
AltheaUSBoys—too few