Girls' name · since 1919
Arthenia
Arthenia has 35 recorded births since 1919 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1919 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
35 girls have been named Arthenia since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arthenia has been recorded 35 times among girls since 1919, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1956.
- #39,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1919
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arthenia ranks #39,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1919, peaking in the 1950s.
- #39,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1919
- 1950s
- peak decade
Arthenia's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arthenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arthenia splits its recorded history at 1935: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1923 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arthenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1956
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Arthenia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (12 births, 34% of the file).
1950s was Arthenia's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Arthenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 12 births (34% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Arthenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1919–1956 (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 Arthenia 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.