Albertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Albertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,145 babies named Albertha between 1882 and 1987, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Albertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 147 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Albertha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,264 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Albertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 1,608 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Albertha in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Albertha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,145 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.