Girls' name · since 1880
Altha
Altha has 3,365 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,365
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Altha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 3,365 have been recorded since 1880.
Altha has 3,365 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1976.
- #3,342 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 3,365 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Altha ranks #3,342 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 3,365 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #3,342 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 3,365
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Altha's 3,365 recorded births place it above 95.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Altha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Altha splits its recorded history at 1925: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 99 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Altha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1976
- Peak year (1917)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 97 years of records
Altha popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1916 (Altha as boys' name)
Altha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (813 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Altha's strongest decade.
813 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Altha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 165
1880s
165 births
- 1890s 282
1890s
282 births
- 1900s
1900s
331 births
- 1910s
1910s
738 births
- 1920s
1920s
813 births
- 1930s
1930s
459 births
- 1940s 287
1940s
287 births
- 1950s 184
1950s
184 births
- 1960s 86
1960s
86 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 813 births (24% of all-time use).
How Altha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Altha's total volume
Altha by state
Where Altha concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 325 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Arkansas | | 158 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 95 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 60 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Alabama | | 46 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 41 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 39 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 38 | 1.1% |
325 of 3,365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Altha appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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- Altha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (813 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Althas (325 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Altha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~96 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Altha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.