Altheda — girls' name
49 babies named Altheda in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
49 girls have been named Altheda since 1915, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1924.
- 49
- total births
- 1915–1924
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Altheda was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Altheda in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Altheda
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Altheda between 1915 and 1924, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Altheda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Altheda performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Altheda shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Altheda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Altheda 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 49 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.
Altheda at a glance
Last recorded 1924Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Altheda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1915
- Peak year (1918)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1924.
49 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 9 births in a single year.
Altheda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 28 births that decade — 57% of Altheda's all-time total
Altheda decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Altheda's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Altheda by state
Where Altheda concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 10.2% |
5 of 49 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 10.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 10.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.