Threasa vs Thressa

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Threasa Thressa

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 86 years in which either name was published, Thressa for 62 years and Threasa for 24 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.

• 1888–1955 Thressa ahead, apart from 3 short spells
• 1956–1977 Threasa ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1978–1980 Thressa ahead
• 1982–1987 Threasa ahead

11 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Thressas alive today are over 65; half the Threasas are over 62. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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