Given name
Thalia
“flourish, to be verdant”
Thalia combines a Greek root meaning “to flourish” with the Muse of comedy.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thalia goes back to Ancient Greek θάλλω, meaning “flourish, to be verdant.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Θαλία, from Ancient Greek θάλλω (“flourish, to be verdant”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In classical mythology, Thalia is the Muse of comedy. The association gives the name a specific artistic context alongside its Greek root thallein, “to flourish.”
Thalia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,264
- 0 boys · 16,264 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 700 babies
- 2025
- 446
- #648 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 446 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 648 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 31.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 700 in 1993. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (74). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,526 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thalia’s family of names
Thalia has a related form in Thalya. Thalia has a related form in Thalea. Thalia has a related form in Thalee.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Thaleiavariant
- Thalivariant
- Thalyavariant
- Thaliahvariant
- Thaleighvariant
- Thaleavariant
- Thaleevariant
- Thaleyvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thalia
- Thalia Flora-KaraviaGreek painter (1871-1960)
- Thalia MunroAmerican water polo playerborn 1982
- Efthalia KoutroumanidouGreek beach volleyball playerborn 1982
- Thalia ZedekAmerican musicianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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