Girls' name · since 1921
Arthena
29 babies named Arthena in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Arthena since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Arthena has 29 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1961.
- #41,204 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arthena ranks #41,204 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #41,204 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arthena's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arthena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arthena's full recorded timeline at 1940, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arthena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1961
- Peak year (1959)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Arthena by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 38% of the file).
1920s was Arthena's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Arthena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Arthena's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1960s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arthena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1921–1961 (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 Arthena 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.