Parthenia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- par-THEE-nee-a
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Parthenia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “maidenly”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Parthenia mean?
Greek: from Greek parthenos
“maidenly”
Shares its root with the Parthenon, the Athens temple of Athena Parthenos, 'the maiden'.
Is Parthenia a girl's or a boy's name?
Parthenia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Parthenia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Parthenia, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 28 girls.
2025 had more girls named Parthenia than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Parthenia in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1956, the years shaded on the chart below.
Parthenia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 14 | #3,437 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,930 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,145 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,824 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,630 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 15 | #2,094 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,940 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,338 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,882 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 28 | #1,556 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,357 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,049 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 14 | #931 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,227 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,230 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,171 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,352 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 13 | #830 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 9 | #940 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 7 | #937 |
| 1886 | 13 | #633 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #793 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 8 | #678 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Parthenia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ophelia, Georgia, Leona, Virginia, Theodora, Aurelia, Margaret, Lena, Georgiana, Philomena, Estella, Lydia
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from 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, “Parthenia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/parthenia, updated 20 October 2026.