Thelma was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #25 in 1910 but is far less common today.
Thelma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,745 for girl births in the United States (and #8,227 across all names), given to 29 babies. Thelma was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (7,839 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | #4,745 | — |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | #4,376 | — |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | #5,536 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | #5,162 | — |
| 2021 | 32 | 32 | #4,403 | — |
| 2020 | 27 | 27 | #4,867 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #5,781 | — |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #4,997 | — |
| 2017 | 26 | 26 | #5,177 | — |
| 2016 | 32 | 32 | #4,523 | — |
| 2015 | 27 | 27 | #5,114 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | #5,441 | — |
| 2013 | 19 | 19 | #6,705 | — |
| 2012 | 27 | 27 | #5,242 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,584 | — |
| 2010 | 20 | 20 | #6,609 | — |
| 2009 | 35 | 35 | #4,361 | — |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | #4,999 | — |
| 2007 | 28 | 28 | #5,218 | — |
| 2006 | 34 | 34 | #4,355 | — |
| 2005 | 42 | 42 | #3,579 | — |
| 2004 | 31 | 31 | #4,486 | — |
| 2003 | 40 | 40 | #3,584 | — |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | #4,173 | — |
| 2001 | 58 | 58 | #2,632 | — |
| 2000 | 50 | 50 | #2,901 | — |
| 1999 | 48 | 48 | #2,850 | — |
| 1998 | 62 | 62 | #2,304 | — |
| 1997 | 41 | — | #2,973 | — |
| 1996 | 48 | — | #2,627 | — |
| 1995 | 79 | — | #1,817 | — |
| 1994 | 70 | — | #2,024 | — |
| 1993 | 72 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1992 | 89 | — | #1,701 | — |
| 1991 | 86 | — | #1,709 | — |
| 1990 | 92 | — | #1,632 | — |
| 1989 | 95 | — | #1,521 | — |
| 1988 | 84 | — | #1,578 | — |
| 1987 | 92 | — | #1,432 | — |
| 1986 | 105 | — | #1,292 | — |
| 1985 | 101 | — | #1,322 | — |
| 1984 | 122 | — | #1,132 | — |
| 1983 | 119 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1982 | 152 | — | #979 | — |
| 1981 | 152 | — | #970 | — |
| 1980 | 148 | — | #994 | — |
| 1979 | 164 | — | #910 | — |
| 1978 | 171 | — | #864 | — |
| 1977 | 195 | — | #778 | — |
| 1976 | 193 | — | #752 | — |
| 1975 | 198 | — | #737 | — |
| 1974 | 238 | — | #643 | — |
| 1973 | 219 | — | #686 | — |
| 1972 | 225 | — | #666 | — |
| 1971 | 281 | — | #607 | — |
| 1970 | 274 | — | #623 | — |
| 1969 | 323 | — | #554 | #4,963 |
| 1968 | 400 | — | #480 | — |
| 1967 | 388 | — | #482 | — |
| 1966 | 475 | — | #426 | — |
| 1965 | 579 | — | #380 | — |
| 1964 | 655 | — | #371 | — |
| 1963 | 727 | — | #353 | #3,621 |
| 1962 | 757 | — | #345 | #4,578 |
| 1961 | 777 | — | #339 | #4,604 |
| 1960 | 842 | — | #326 | #3,631 |
| 1959 | 899 | — | #305 | — |
| 1958 | 853 | — | #316 | #3,904 |
| 1957 | 967 | — | #291 | — |
| 1956 | 1,078 | — | #254 | — |
| 1955 | 1,116 | — | #246 | #2,540 |
| 1954 | 1,249 | — | #228 | #3,147 |
| 1953 | 1,300 | — | #223 | #4,286 |
| 1952 | 1,364 | — | #209 | #3,694 |
| 1951 | 1,528 | — | #189 | — |
| 1950 | 1,458 | — | #187 | — |
| 1949 | 1,634 | — | #172 | #2,785 |
| 1948 | 1,773 | — | #163 | #2,601 |
| 1947 | 1,914 | — | #153 | #2,348 |
| 1946 | 1,802 | — | #150 | #2,900 |
| 1945 | 1,858 | — | #131 | #3,731 |
| 1944 | 2,011 | — | #131 | #1,975 |
| 1943 | 2,222 | — | #127 | #2,271 |
| 1942 | 2,270 | — | #121 | #2,138 |
| 1941 | 2,377 | — | #108 | #2,475 |
| 1940 | 2,472 | — | #101 | #2,307 |
| 1939 | 2,720 | — | #88 | #1,387 |
| 1938 | 2,882 | — | #86 | #1,808 |
| 1937 | 3,081 | — | #78 | #1,625 |
| 1936 | 3,228 | — | #74 | #1,179 |
| 1935 | 3,222 | — | #76 | #1,191 |
| 1934 | 3,676 | — | #65 | #1,239 |
| 1933 | 3,661 | — | #57 | #1,359 |
| 1932 | 4,299 | — | #51 | #1,354 |
| 1931 | 4,477 | — | #53 | #1,127 |
| 1930 | 5,284 | — | #45 | #1,231 |
| 1929 | 5,508 | — | #41 | #1,267 |
| 1928 | 6,011 | — | #40 | #1,270 |
| 1927 | 6,330 | — | #38 | #1,463 |
| 1926 | 6,621 | — | #36 | #1,217 |
| 1925 | 6,864 | — | #35 | #1,106 |
| 1924 | 7,361 | — | #33 | #1,069 |
| 1923 | 7,408 | — | #31 | #1,382 |
| 1922 | 7,281 | — | #31 | #1,465 |
| 1921 | 7,871 | — | #30 | #1,325 |
| 1920 | 7,846 | — | #31 | #1,297 |
| 1919 | 7,600 | — | #31 | #1,062 |
| 1918 | 7,784 | — | #32 | #1,029 |
| 1917 | 7,273 | — | #32 | #1,317 |
| 1916 | 7,320 | — | #29 | #1,237 |
| 1915 | 6,790 | — | #30 | #1,260 |
| 1914 | 5,519 | — | #26 | #1,255 |
| 1913 | 4,624 | — | #26 | #929 |
| 1912 | 4,203 | — | #26 | #1,054 |
| 1911 | 3,178 | — | #27 | #1,032 |
| 1910 | 2,993 | — | #25 | #751 |
| 1909 | 2,624 | — | #26 | #888 |
| 1908 | 2,534 | — | #26 | #1,103 |
| 1907 | 2,352 | — | #28 | #771 |
| 1906 | 2,126 | — | #31 | #750 |
| 1905 | 1,955 | — | #36 | #833 |
| 1904 | 1,766 | — | #37 | #869 |
| 1903 | 1,488 | — | #47 | #839 |
| 1902 | 1,315 | — | #52 | #1,129 |
| 1901 | 1,090 | — | #57 | — |
| 1900 | 1,094 | — | #73 | — |
| 1899 | 736 | — | #78 | — |
| 1898 | 605 | — | #99 | — |
| 1897 | 425 | — | #117 | #1,049 |
| 1896 | 265 | — | #168 | #1,256 |
| 1895 | 173 | — | #205 | — |
| 1894 | 70 | — | #335 | — |
| 1893 | 42 | — | #421 | — |
| 1892 | 33 | — | #478 | — |
| 1891 | 25 | — | #522 | — |
| 1890 | 22 | — | #568 | — |
| 1889 | 24 | — | #531 | — |
| 1888 | 15 | — | #685 | — |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #1,026 | — |
| 1886 | 12 | — | #688 | — |
| 1884 | 7 | — | #920 | — |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #915 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #936 | — |