The baby name Thelma appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2016. It was most popular in 1918 with 10,530 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Thelma has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 4,511 |
| 1911 | 4,648 |
| 1912 | 5,758 |
| 1913 | 6,340 |
| 1914 | 7,431 |
| 1915 | 9,302 |
| 1916 | 9,875 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 9,953 |
| 1918 | 10,530 |
| 1918 | 5 |
| 1919 | 10,183 |
| 1919 | 25 |
| 1920 | 10,156 |
| 1920 | 19 |
| 1921 | 10,284 |
| 1921 | 5 |
| 1922 | 8,520 |
| 1922 | 10 |
| 1923 | 9,387 |
| 1924 | 8,918 |
| 1924 | 16 |
| 1925 | 8,833 |
| 1925 | 12 |
| 1926 | 9,486 |
| 1926 | 27 |
| 1927 | 9,260 |
| 1928 | 9,224 |
| 1928 | 25 |
| 1929 | 8,213 |
| 1930 | 7,906 |
| 1931 | 6,414 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1932 | 6,275 |
| 1933 | 5,344 |
| 1934 | 5,045 |
| 1935 | 4,826 |
| 1936 | 4,464 |
| 1936 | 27 |
| 1937 | 4,276 |
| 1938 | 3,991 |
| 1939 | 3,217 |
| 1940 | 3,247 |
| 1941 | 2,562 |
| 1942 | 2,522 |
| 1943 | 2,915 |
| 1944 | 2,212 |
| 1945 | 2,028 |
| 1946 | 1,978 |
| 1947 | 2,133 |
| 1948 | 2,024 |
| 1949 | 1,784 |
| 1950 | 1,795 |
| 1951 | 1,857 |
| 1952 | 1,763 |
| 1953 | 1,615 |
| 1954 | 1,518 |
| 1955 | 1,322 |
| 1955 | 5 |
| 1956 | 1,325 |
| 1957 | 1,154 |
| 1958 | 1,035 |
| 1959 | 1,099 |
| 1960 | 1,017 |
| 1961 | 930 |
| 1962 | 1,083 |
| 1963 | 713 |
| 1964 | 724 |
| 1965 | 650 |
| 1966 | 508 |
| 1967 | 368 |
| 1968 | 452 |
| 1969 | 355 |
| 1970 | 300 |
| 1971 | 303 |
| 1972 | 224 |
| 1973 | 200 |
| 1974 | 234 |
| 1975 | 181 |
| 1976 | 136 |
| 1977 | 160 |
| 1978 | 122 |
| 1979 | 135 |
| 1980 | 94 |
| 1981 | 95 |
| 1982 | 110 |
| 1983 | 83 |
| 1984 | 67 |
| 1985 | 91 |
| 1986 | 74 |
| 1987 | 65 |
| 1988 | 27 |
| 1989 | 43 |
| 1990 | 31 |
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1992 | 27 |
| 1993 | 5 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1997 | 6 |
| 1998 | 25 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2016 | 6 |