Theophila

Girls' name

Love of God, through Theophilus

Theophila has been given to 10 babies in the U.S. since 1918. 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 1918, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Theophila, 1918

1 in 217,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Theophila: meaning, origin, and history

Love of God, through Theophilus

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Theophila means

Theophila belongs to the name family reached through Theophila → Theophilus. Its meaning is “love of God”.

Origin, language, and formation

Theophila is used in English.

Theophila comes through Latin Theophilus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Theophilus.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Theophila between 1918 and 1918. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1918; its best national rank was #3,216 in 1918.

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 Theophila?

Theophila had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1918, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1918: 1 in 217,000; 10 of 2,171,052 births
Among girls only: 1 in 116,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1918: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 150,487 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Theophila 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 1918 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 150,487 children born in 1918 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Theophila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Theophilas were born

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

Median birth year: 1918; About 107 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Theophila 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 1918 (10)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,216; 1918

Theophila around the world

Where Theophila 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.

France
1914–1931
#1,355
in 1931

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Theophila 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: #3,216; 1918
Peak year: 1918; 10 that year
First recorded: 1918
Last recorded: 1918
All-time count: 10
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Theophila

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

Theadosia Thereza Theophane Theressia Theresann Theophilia Theresita Thedosia Thendral Theonita Themis Therease Theretha Theolia Theorie Theatus Theopal Theodocia Theoria Petronila Shaquaila Lasheila Theresaann Thelmar

Sibling names for Theophila

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

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Garnet Mathilda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Ferdinand

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