Thursa

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Thursa has been given to 150 babies in the U.S. since 1880. 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 1906, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Thursa, 1962

1 in 807,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Thursa: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Thursa means

Thursa is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Thursa is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 150 girls were recorded with the name Thursa between 1880 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1906; its best national rank was #937 in 1880.

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.

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How common is Thursa?

Thursa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Thursa 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 1962 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 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Thursa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Thursas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Thursa was born before 1919 — so the typical Thursa is around 106 today.

Median birth year: 1919; About 106 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 32.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 3.3%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 32.0% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Thursa 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 1906 (10)
Years since peak: 119; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #937; 1880

Spellings of Thursa

Thursa is not the most common spelling — Theresa is, with 98.0% against Thursa's 0.04%.

Theresa98.0%404,613
Thora0.59%2,424
Thresa0.57%2,334
Thyra0.32%1,320
Thersa0.26%1,071
Thera0.22%892
Thursa0.04%150

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.

Thursa 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: #937; 1880
Peak year: 1906; 10 that year
First recorded: 1880
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 150
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Thursa

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

Thurza Thurma Thula Dorsa Thuong Thurley Tearsa Tiersa Thuyvi Tirsa Ursa Tersa Marsa Irsa Thuytien Thersa Thurla Thuyvy Mirsa Thuy Versa Ersa Larsa Thu

Sibling names for Thursa

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

Golda Lauretta Era Leatha Leone Mayme Artie Alpha

For a brother

Gustave Waldo Orrin Winfield Dorsey Isadore Aloysius Hyman

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