Girls' name · since 1915
Arleatha
Arleatha has 158 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arleatha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 158 have been recorded since 1915.
Arleatha has 158 recorded births among girls since 1915, 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 1915 to 1973.
- #22,232 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 158 born since 1915
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arleatha ranks #22,232 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 158 born since 1915, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,232 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1915
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arleatha's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arleatha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arleatha's full recorded timeline at 1953, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arleatha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1973
- Peak year (1956)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Arleatha by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (43 births, 27% of the file).
1950s was Arleatha's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Arleatha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
28 births
- 1930s
1930s
20 births
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 43 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Arleatha's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 1970s (19) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Arleatha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1915–1973 (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 Arleatha 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.