Althea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- al-THEE-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,416 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,299 for girls
Althea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “healing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 1,299th for girls in the US (171 babies).
What does Althea mean?
Greek
“healing”
In Greek myth Althaea was the mother of Meleager; the name is linked to althainein, 'to heal'.
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Is Althea a girl's or a boy's name?
Althea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 171 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Althea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,416th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Althea, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 31 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Althea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.
Althea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,416 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 31 | #1,162 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Althea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,299th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 171 about 1 in 9,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 171 girls in the US were named Althea, making it the 1,299th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,398th. Its busiest year was 1956, with 388 girls.
Half of all the girls named Althea in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1972, the years shaded on the chart below.
Althea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 171 | #1,299 |
| 2024 | 160 | #1,398 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,348 |
| 2022 | 175 | #1,343 |
| 2021 | 145 | #1,476 |
| 2020 | 156 | #1,398 |
| 2019 | 167 | #1,355 |
| 2018 | 162 | #1,386 |
| 2017 | 154 | #1,460 |
| 2016 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2015 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2014 | 92 | #2,096 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,953 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,495 |
| 2011 | 72 | #2,510 |
| 2010 | 81 | #2,341 |
| 2009 | 75 | #2,509 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 66 | #2,523 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,390 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,508 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,626 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 70 | #1,593 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 50 | #2,050 |
| 1981 | 88 | #1,396 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,657 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 64 | #1,653 |
| 1977 | 77 | #1,440 |
| 1976 | 83 | #1,307 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 106 | #1,094 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,151 |
| 1972 | 142 | #888 |
| 1971 | 139 | #931 |
| 1970 | 150 | #884 |
| 1969 | 155 | #826 |
| 1968 | 202 | #684 |
| 1967 | 211 | #659 |
| 1966 | 164 | #765 |
| 1965 | 213 | #674 |
| 1964 | 149 | #854 |
| 1963 | 133 | #912 |
| 1962 | 161 | #825 |
| 1961 | 187 | #761 |
| 1960 | 216 | #692 |
| 1959 | 217 | #681 |
| 1958 | 278 | #595 |
| 1957 | 352 | #509 |
| 1956 | 388 | #474 |
| 1955 | 248 | #579 |
| 1954 | 308 | #505 |
| 1953 | 254 | #545 |
| 1952 | 328 | #464 |
| 1951 | 333 | #454 |
| 1950 | 309 | #461 |
| 1949 | 235 | #544 |
| 1948 | 126 | #760 |
| 1947 | 118 | #802 |
| 1946 | 125 | #723 |
| 1945 | 110 | #712 |
| 1944 | 111 | #715 |
| 1943 | 115 | #718 |
| 1942 | 116 | #689 |
| 1941 | 118 | #651 |
| 1940 | 101 | #693 |
| 1939 | 113 | #643 |
| 1938 | 119 | #629 |
| 1937 | 148 | #551 |
| 1936 | 124 | #593 |
| 1935 | 141 | #540 |
| 1934 | 165 | #501 |
| 1933 | 163 | #501 |
| 1932 | 164 | #510 |
| 1931 | 160 | #517 |
| 1930 | 175 | #506 |
| 1929 | 198 | #480 |
| 1928 | 196 | #492 |
| 1927 | 263 | #425 |
| 1926 | 226 | #449 |
| 1925 | 258 | #428 |
| 1924 | 275 | #421 |
| 1923 | 254 | #421 |
| 1922 | 274 | #399 |
| 1921 | 311 | #379 |
| 1920 | 336 | #356 |
| 1919 | 261 | #399 |
| 1918 | 318 | #363 |
| 1917 | 265 | #388 |
| 1916 | 265 | #386 |
| 1915 | 266 | #368 |
| 1914 | 199 | #378 |
| 1913 | 141 | #416 |
| 1912 | 131 | #404 |
| 1911 | 77 | #467 |
| 1910 | 91 | #412 |
| 1909 | 75 | #426 |
| 1908 | 66 | #444 |
| 1907 | 48 | #517 |
| 1906 | 53 | #465 |
| 1905 | 46 | #497 |
| 1904 | 46 | #484 |
| 1903 | 49 | #457 |
| 1902 | 41 | #490 |
| 1901 | 37 | #499 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 |
| 1899 | 41 | #455 |
| 1898 | 33 | #555 |
| 1897 | 29 | #554 |
| 1896 | 36 | #487 |
| 1895 | 32 | #520 |
| 1894 | 42 | #429 |
| 1893 | 23 | #594 |
| 1892 | 29 | #503 |
| 1891 | 39 | #395 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 21 | #548 |
| 1887 | 18 | #524 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 13 | #536 |
| 1882 | 11 | #560 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Nicknames for Althea
- Thea 767 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Althea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada, Ophelia, Matilda, Cleo, Annie, Aurelia, Violet, Evelyn, Dorothy, Elsie, Beatrice, Cora
Names related to Althea
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Althea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/althea, updated 20 October 2026.