Anthea
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Anthea is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “blossom”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Anthea mean?
Greek
“blossom”
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anthea a girl's or a boy's name?
Anthea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anthea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Anthea, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anthea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Anthea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Anthea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Anthea, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932.
2025 had fewer girls named Anthea than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Anthea in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anthea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 17 | #4,285 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,412 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 14 | #3,356 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,653 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
Names like Anthea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena Alexandra Jessica Thea Francesca Sophia Abigail Melissa Alana Andrea Lara Lydia
Names related to Anthea
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Anthea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anthea, updated 20 October 2026.