Thelma
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning will, volition.
Babies a year
10
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies
Thelma by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Thelma. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 7,840 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thelma. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Telma8 in the US (2017)
- Thaliato blossom; one of the Muses80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Theiagoddess or divine; shining one48 in England and Wales (2025)
- Theonadivine or godly; a feminine form6 in the US (2017)
- Theclagod's glory, divine fame3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Thedagift of god; a form of Theodora
Names about as common as Thelma
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