Thalia
Girl · THAY-lee-a · Greek
Thalia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “to blossom, flourish”. In 2025 it ranked 506th for girls in the UK (87 babies) and 647th for girls in the US (446 babies).
What does Thalia mean?
Greek: from thallein, to flourish
“to blossom, flourish”
In Greek mythology Thalia was the Muse of comedy and also one of the three Graces.
- Say it
- THAY-lee-a
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Is Thalia a girl's or a boy's name?
Thalia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 87 girls in the UK and 446 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Thalia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #506among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 87about 1 in 3,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 87 girls in the UK were named Thalia, making it the 506th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 115 girls.
Half of all the girls named Thalia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 502nd in England and Wales and 429th in Scotland.
Thalia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #506 |
| 2024 | 78 | #552 |
| 2023 | 115 | #405 |
| 2022 | 65 | #634 |
| 2021 | 90 | #512 |
| 2020 | 55 | #730 |
| 2019 | 71 | #614 |
| 2018 | 73 | #617 |
| 2017 | 63 | #710 |
| 2016 | 57 | #758 |
| 2015 | 67 | #663 |
| 2014 | 65 | #674 |
| 2013 | 66 | #672 |
| 2012 | 41 | #959 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 75 | #583 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 69 | #586 |
| 2006 | 59 | #623 |
| 2005 | 56 | #633 |
| 2004 | 69 | #516 |
| 2003 | 47 | #668 |
| 2002 | 48 | #629 |
| 2001 | 46 | #635 |
| 2000 | 47 | #628 |
| 1999 | 32 | #787 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 16 | #1,244 |
How popular is Thalia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #647among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 446about 1 in 3,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 446 girls in the US were named Thalia, making it the 647th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 802nd. Its busiest year was 1993, with 700 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Thalia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Thalia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 446 | #647 |
| 2024 | 450 | #653 |
| 2023 | 522 | #570 |
| 2022 | 461 | #640 |
| 2021 | 399 | #717 |
| 2020 | 338 | #802 |
| 2019 | 327 | #830 |
| 2018 | 360 | #756 |
| 2017 | 350 | #785 |
| 2016 | 352 | #808 |
| 2015 | 354 | #797 |
| 2014 | 377 | #741 |
| 2013 | 307 | #847 |
| 2012 | 278 | #924 |
| 2011 | 257 | #990 |
| 2010 | 272 | #944 |
| 2009 | 277 | #965 |
| 2008 | 318 | #875 |
| 2007 | 351 | #819 |
| 2006 | 357 | #771 |
| 2005 | 412 | #674 |
| 2004 | 495 | #574 |
| 2003 | 431 | #623 |
| 2002 | 423 | #605 |
| 2001 | 388 | #650 |
| 2000 | 398 | #630 |
| 1999 | 380 | #626 |
| 1998 | 377 | #624 |
| 1997 | 441 | #539 |
| 1996 | 488 | #488 |
| 1995 | 500 | #494 |
| 1994 | 340 | #640 |
| 1993 | 700 | #363 |
| 1992 | 280 | #747 |
| 1991 | 155 | #1,141 |
| 1990 | 154 | #1,123 |
| 1989 | 117 | #1,323 |
| 1988 | 129 | #1,177 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 30 | #3,052 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 34 | #2,676 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,397 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 39 | #2,100 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,398 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,980 |
| 1968 | 37 | #1,975 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,167 |
| 1966 | 39 | #1,827 |
| 1965 | 46 | #1,655 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,786 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,731 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 91 | #1,137 |
| 1959 | 30 | #2,053 |
| 1958 | 24 | #2,321 |
| 1957 | 44 | #1,627 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,026 |
| 1953 | 25 | #2,070 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,763 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,454 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,491 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,472 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 19 | #1,797 |
| 1938 | 31 | #1,316 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,569 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,230 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,418 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,317 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,158 |
| 1932 | 51 | #989 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 28 | #1,501 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,448 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,409 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,206 |
| 1923 | 35 | #1,327 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 28 | #1,577 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 20 | #1,773 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,357 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
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