Thalia

“To flourish” — Ancient Greek origin

Girl's name · #648 in the US (2025) · Trending

Thalia is climbing: on the charts since 1885, it is ranked #648 in 2025, with about 450 girls given the name last year. Roughly 16,000 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Talia (#265) and Tahlia (#1700), Thalia would rank around #176 with about 1,700 births last year — the newborns split about 67/26/7 across Talia, Thalia, and Tahlia.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,200 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,400 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 32 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Thalias

Thalía — Mexican singer and actress (born 1978)
Thalia Flora-Karavia — Greek painter (1871-1960)
Thalia Munro — American water polo player
Thalia Zedek — American musician
Thalia Tran — American actress

In stories & tradition

Thalia — mythological Greek character
Thalia Grace — Percy Jackson & the Olympians
Thalia, Siren, '80s Singer, Cyclops, Young Danny — Xanadu

What Thalias become

Among 91 notable people named Thalia:

Entertainers appear 2.2× more often than among typical names — e.g. Thalía, Mexican singer and actress (born 1978).

Similar names: Talya · Laney · Tala · Dalia · Selene · Maia

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