Areatha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Areatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 382 babies named Areatha between 1913 and 1982, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Areatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Areatha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Areatha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Areatha in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Areatha 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 382 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.