Athea
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-THEE-uh
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Athea is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Athea come from?
Greek: probably a variant of Althea or an elaboration of Thea
Is Athea a girl's or a boy's name?
Athea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Athea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Athea, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 20 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Athea than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Athea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Athea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 20 | #1,605 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Athea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Athea, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Athea in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Athea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
Nicknames for Athea
- Thea 767 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Athea
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thea Aria Lyra Arabella Alessia Sophia Aurora Isla Ariella Freya Amelie Maeva
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, “Athea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/athea, updated 20 October 2026.