Thalia

What Thalia means

Means “flourish, to be verdant”

From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Thalia” (revision 93396292), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Thalia?

US: Rising: up from #797 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #643 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1993, when 700 girls got the name (#363 that year). First in the US records in 1885.

How common

• About 1 in 3,604 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,166 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.04 per 1,000 girls), NE (0.85 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Thalia is #647 in the US and #502 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Thalia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Thaleia6 US · 4 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Thalia

Girls

• Selena#268“heavenly”^*
• Andie#650Diminutive of Andrew, meaning “manly”^*
• Anastasia#163“resurrection”^*
• Georgina#689Feminine form of George, meaning “farmer, earth worker”^*
• Helena#363Editor’s note Up from #534 in 2015 to #363 in 2025 in the US
• Helen#461Editor’s note Down from #419 in 2015 to #461 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Damon#501“to tame, subdue”^*
• Nicolas#177Variant of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Cristian#362Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #362 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Thalia’s. Rank is US 2025.