Thersa
Thersa is a name with multiple cultural origins: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek.
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical Greek
Meaning & Origin of Thersa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Thersa is a name with multiple cultural origins: Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical Greek
The Story of Thersa
Thersa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1908, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1965: 45 births, good for #1,672 nationwide. About 30% of every Thersa on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Thersa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Thersa
Thersa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Thersa's peak popularity came in 1965 when it ranked #1,672. Use the chart and map above to compare Thersa'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.