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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rising

TheaIn Hebrew: תיאה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Thea (Hebrew: תיאה) is a girl's name of international origin. 272 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 24 girls and ranked #445. Its peak year was 2020, with 27 babies.

People in Israel
272
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
24
rank #445
Peak year
2020
27 babies
USA, 2025
867
rank #353

Writing and saying Thea

In Hebrew letters the name is תיאה, read right to left. Thea is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Thea by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Thea: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Thea in English-speaking countries

Thea in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025867#3532018 (1,209)
United Kingdom2025767#652016 (1,272)
England and Wales2025686#662016 (1,132)
Scotland202560#692017 (88)
Northern Ireland202521#962016 (54)
Ireland202521#2112021 (37)
British Columbia202320#1482016 (27)
Alberta202522#1962016 (37)
Quebec202543#1312016 (60)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Thea has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Thea

How do you write Thea in Hebrew?

Thea is written תיאה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Thea?

272 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name תיאה: 272 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Thea a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named תיאה are women.

Is Thea used outside Israel?

The name Thea appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 867 girls were given it in 2025 (#353), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 767 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.