Anetha — girls' name
99 babies named Anetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
99 girls have been named Anetha since 1916, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1977.
- 99
- total births
- 1916–1977
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 28%
- born in that decade
28% of everyone ever named Anetha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Anetha in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anetha
The Social Security Administration has registered 99 babies named Anetha between 1916 and 1977, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1977. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anetha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anetha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anetha 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 99 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.
Anetha at a glance
Last recorded 1977Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–1916
- Peak year (1957)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1977.
99 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 10 births in a single year.
Anetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 28 births that decade — 28% of Anetha's all-time total
Anetha decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Anetha's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1977 (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.