Altha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Altha

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,365 babies named Altha between 1880 and 1976, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Altha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Altha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 813 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Altha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 325 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Altha in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Altha 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 3,365 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.