Armetha — girls' name
34 babies named Armetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Armetha since 1919, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1939.
- 34
- total births
- 1919–1939
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Armetha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Armetha in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Armetha
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Armetha between 1919 and 1939, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Armetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1939. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Armetha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Armetha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Armetha 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 34 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.
Armetha at a glance
Last recorded 1939Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Armetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1919
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1939.
34 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 7 births in a single year.
Armetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 17 births that decade — 50% of Armetha's all-time total
Armetha decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Armetha's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1919–1939 (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.