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Althea

Girl Ancient Greek #1360 in 2023

Althea is a girl name of Ancient Greek origin.

Meaning of Althea

An obscure goddess who was the personification of truth. From Althaia or of Greek mythology, from Ἀλθαία.

Popularity of Althea

Popularity, 1880–2023

165 births in 2023

1880 2023

17,647 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1956

389 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Rising

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.