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Thea

Short form of Dorothea, Theodora, Theresa and other names with a similar sound.

PronunciationGerman /ˈteː.a/; English /ˈθi.ə/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, English, German, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2025)#353

Meaning and history

Théa is a short form of Dorothea, Theodora, Theresa, and other names with a similar sound.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 133 births, rank #1,608
2007: 132 births, rank #1,672
2008: 148 births, rank #1,554
2009: 161 births, rank #1,444
2010: 145 births, rank #1,536
20112011: 146 births, rank #1,515
2012: 187 births, rank #1,279
2013: 213 births, rank #1,133
2014: 364 births, rank #768
2015: 688 births, rank #463
20162016: 1,121 births, rank #291
2017: 1,193 births, rank #268
2018: 1,209 births, rank #273
2019: 1,142 births, rank #293
2020: 1,071 births, rank #302
20212021: 1,033 births, rank #314
2022: 1,066 births, rank #300
2023: 974 births, rank #320
2024: 897 births, rank #348
20252025: 867 births, rank #353

Thea moved from #349 to #353 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 1,209 births.