Parthena
Parthena is a Greek feminine name. Notable people with this name include:Parthena M. Blank, one of the namesakes of the historic Stephen and Parthena M.
- Ancient Greek
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Parthena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Parthena is a Greek feminine name. Notable people with this name include:Parthena M. Blank, one of the namesakes of the historic Stephen and Parthena M.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
- Greek
The Story of Parthena
The earliest SSA record of Parthena as a baby girl name dates back to 1884, when 5 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Parthena — #3,400 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Parthena on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Parthena last appeared in the published SSA data in 1993, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 103 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Parthena
Parthena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 103 births in the dataset. Parthena's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #3,400. Use the chart and map above to compare Parthena's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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