Arletha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Arletha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,640 babies named Arletha between 1900 and 1993, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arletha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Arletha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Arletha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arletha 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 1,640 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.