Girls' name · since 1900
Arletha
1,640 babies named Arletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,640
- born since 1900
- 1960s
- peak decade
Arletha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,640 recorded since 1900.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arletha has been recorded 1,640 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1993.
- #5,381 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,640 born since 1900
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arletha ranks #5,381 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,640 born since 1900, peaking in the 1960s.
- #5,381 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,640
- born since 1900
- 1960s
- peak decade
Arletha's 1,640 recorded births place it above 92.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
Arletha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arletha splits its recorded history at 1947: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1993
- Peak year (1963)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 94 years of records
Arletha by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (318 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Arletha's strongest decade.
318 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Arletha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 24
1900s
24 births
- 1910s 125
1910s
125 births
- 1920s
1920s
240 births
- 1930s
1930s
213 births
- 1940s
1940s
199 births
- 1950s
1950s
288 births
- 1960s
1960s
318 births
- 1970s
1970s
160 births
- 1980s 61
1980s
61 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 318 births (19% of all-time use).
How Arletha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Arletha's total volume
Arletha by state
Where Arletha concentrates geographically, total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 131 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Mississippi | | 37 | 2.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 22 | 1.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 14 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
131 of 1,640 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Arletha's data
- Arletha's decade-level peak was the 1960s (318 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Arlethas (131 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arletha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~93 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, 1900–1993 (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 Arletha 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.