Girls' name · since 1933
Althena
17 babies named Althena in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #47,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
17 girls have been named Althena since 1933, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Althena has 17 recorded births among girls since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1967.
- #47,455 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 17 born since 1933
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Althena ranks #47,455 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1933, peaking in the 1950s.
- #47,455 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 17
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Althena's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Althena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Althena's full recorded timeline at 1955, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Althena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1967
- Peak year (1955)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Althena by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Althena's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Althena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Althena's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (6 total births) through the 1960s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Althena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1933–1967 (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 Althena 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.