Theckla

Girls' name

God + glory, through Thecla

Theckla has been given to 41 babies in the U.S. since 1886. 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 1916, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Theckla, 1920

1 in 453,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Theckla: meaning, origin, and history

God + glory, through Thecla

Ancient Greek

What Theckla means

Theckla belongs to the name family reached through Theckla → Thecla. Its meaning is “god + glory”.

Origin, language, and formation

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

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Thecla.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 41 girls were recorded with the name Theckla between 1886 and 1920. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1916; its best national rank was #1,264 in 1886.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Theckla?

Theckla had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1920, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1920: 1 in 453,000; 5 of 2,262,602 births
Among girls only: 1 in 240,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1920: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 313,664 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Theckla 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 1920 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 313,664 children born in 1920 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Theckla. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Thecklas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Theckla was born before 1900 — so the typical Theckla is around 125 today.

Median birth year: 1900; About 125 years old
Biggest decade: 1890s; 36.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 63.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1890s — 36.6% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Theckla 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 1916 (6)
Years since peak: 109; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,264; 1886

Spellings of Theckla

Theckla is not the most common spelling — Theola is, with 98.1% against Theckla's 1.9%.

Theola98.1%2,099
Theckla1.9%41

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.

Theckla 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: #1,264; 1886
Peak year: 1916; 6 that year
First recorded: 1886
Last recorded: 1920
All-time count: 41
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Theckla

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

Thekla Thereza Theori Thelmer Theadosia Themis Thersia Thereas Thearsa Theron Thella Theada Theory Thembi Thedora Thersea Theona Therasa Theatus Theopal Theres Theria Theolia Theorie

Sibling names for Theckla

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

Era Leatha Leone Artie Alpha Hettie Cecil Ona

For a brother

Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman Regis Sydney Meyer

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