Parthena

Girls' name

Maiden, virgin

Parthena has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 1884. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1921, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Parthena, 1993

1 in 754,000

Parthena over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Parthena: meaning, origin, and history

Maiden, virgin

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Parthena means

Parthena means “maiden, virgin”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Parthena is used in Ancient Greek and Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /paɾ.ˈθe.na/ for Parthena.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 103 girls were recorded with the name Parthena between 1884 and 1993. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1921; its best national rank was #1,134 in 1884.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Parthena?

Parthena had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1993, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1993: 1 in 754,000; 5 of 3,768,729 births
Among girls only: 1 in 362,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1993: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 522,458 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Parthena sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1993 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 522,458 children born in 1993 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Parthena. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Parthenas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Parthena was born before 1918 — so the typical Parthena is around 107 today.

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 23.3%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Parthena rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1921 (9)
Years since peak: 104; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,134; 1884

Spellings of Parthena

Parthena is not the most common spelling — Athena is, with 97.1% against Parthena's 0.19%.

Athena97.1%53,118
Parthenia2.7%1,458
Parthena0.19%103

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Parthena around the world

Where Parthena ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1955–2001
#711
in 2001

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Parthena by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,134; 1884
Peak year: 1921; 9 that year
First recorded: 1884
Last recorded: 1993
All-time count: 103
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Parthena

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Parthena

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Elvera Rubie Tressie Lavinia Myrtis Margarette Adell Idella

For a brother

Hardy Antone Harmon Arlie Burl Dewitt Milford Odis

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