Althea

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Althea is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos. Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem that John Milton later alluded to in his own poem "Lycidas".

From Wikipedia

Althea first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1956 with 389 babies (rank #475 that year). In 2024 it was given to 160 girls (rank #1,396). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Althea

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Althea yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

2Destiny numberThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
7Soul urgeThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

17,812

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

389

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Althea

Althea Gibsonautobiographer · b. 1927

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	9	#581
1881	8	#625
1882	11	#561
1883	13	#537
1884	13	#584
1885	14	#576
1886	19	#509
1887	18	#525
1888	21	#550
1889	30	#441
1890	19	#600
1891	39	#395
1892	29	#503
1893	23	#594
1894	42	#430
1895	32	#520
1896	36	#487
1897	29	#555
1898	33	#555
1899	41	#456
1900	35	#590
1901	37	#499
1902	41	#492
1903	49	#457
1904	46	#484
1905	46	#497
1906	53	#465
1907	48	#517
1908	66	#444
1909	75	#426
1910	91	#412
1911	77	#468
1912	131	#404
1913	141	#416
1914	199	#378
1915	266	#368
1916	265	#386
1917	265	#388
1918	318	#363
1919	261	#399
1920	336	#356
1921	311	#379
1922	274	#399
1923	254	#421
1924	275	#421
1925	258	#428
1926	226	#449
1927	263	#425
1928	196	#492
1929	198	#480
1930	175	#506
1931	160	#516
1932	164	#510
1933	163	#501
1934	165	#501
1935	141	#540
1936	124	#593
1937	148	#551
1938	119	#629
1939	113	#643
1940	101	#693
1941	118	#652
1942	116	#689
1943	115	#718
1944	111	#714
1945	110	#713
1946	125	#723
1947	118	#803
1948	126	#761
1949	235	#545
1950	309	#462
1951	333	#455
1952	328	#465
1953	254	#546
1954	308	#506
1955	247	#581
1956	389	#475
1957	352	#509
1958	278	#595
1959	217	#682
1960	216	#692
1961	187	#761
1962	161	#825
1963	133	#912
1964	149	#854
1965	213	#674
1966	164	#765
1967	211	#659
1968	202	#684
1969	155	#826
1970	150	#884
1971	139	#931
1972	142	#888
1973	95	#1,151
1974	106	#1,094
1975	76	#1,381
1976	83	#1,307
1977	77	#1,440
1978	64	#1,654
1979	70	#1,605
1980	69	#1,658
1981	88	#1,396
1982	50	#2,052
1983	49	#2,048
1984	70	#1,593
1985	44	#2,284
1986	50	#2,118
1987	47	#2,276
1988	55	#2,093
1989	70	#1,874
1990	55	#2,290
1991	50	#2,486
1992	40	#2,921
1993	51	#2,452
1994	39	#2,989
1995	40	#2,934
1996	47	#2,630
1997	51	#2,514
1998	58	#2,399
1999	61	#2,405
2000	68	#2,280
2001	53	#2,767
2002	55	#2,744
2003	69	#2,394
2004	66	#2,526
2005	68	#2,527
2006	57	#2,979
2007	57	#3,051
2008	59	#2,959
2009	75	#2,511
2010	81	#2,342
2011	72	#2,510
2012	73	#2,497
2013	101	#1,954
2014	92	#2,098
2015	130	#1,644
2016	128	#1,668
2017	154	#1,460
2018	162	#1,385
2019	167	#1,354
2020	156	#1,398
2021	145	#1,474
2022	175	#1,342
2023	165	#1,360
2024	160	#1,396