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Parthenia

#9,313 in 2025Girls' name

Virginity

Parthenia has been given to 1,458 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #9,313 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1923, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Parthenia, 2025

1 in 301,000

Parthenia over time, 1880–2025

Girls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Parthenia: meaning, origin, and history

Virginity

Ancient Greek

What Parthenia means

Parthenia means “virginity”, associated with Parthenia.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Παρθενια (Parthenia, “virginity”), occurring in Greek mythology.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Parthenia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Parthenia is used in English. Its origins include Ancient Greek.

Parthenia comes through Ancient Greek Παρθενια.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Parthenia is pronounced /pɑɹˈθi.ni.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,458 girls were recorded with the name Parthenia between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 1923; its best national rank was #651 in 1886.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,683 in 2020 to #9,313 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,682 in 2015 to #9,313 in 2025.

How common is Parthenia?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,313
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Parthenia 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 2025 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Parthenia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Parthenias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Parthenia was born before 1936 — so the typical Parthenia is around 89 today.

Median birth year
1936
About 89 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
13.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.2%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
487
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 13.6% of all recorded uses (198).

Is Parthenia 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
+7,770
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+5,370
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,369
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.10×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.3%
Peak was 1923 (28)
Years since peak
102
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
43.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#651
1886

Where Parthenia is used

Across 1910–2025, Parthenia was most concentrated in North Carolina — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 195,692 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1North Carolina1 in 100,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in —
  3. 3Mississippi1 in —
  4. 4Tennessee1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Parthenia has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Parthenia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,313
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 5,370
Best rank ever
#651
1886
Peak year
1923
28 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,458
Count in 2025
11

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Sibling names for Parthenia

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

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