Birtha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Birtha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,973 babies named Birtha between 1880 and 1969, spanning 90 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Birtha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Birtha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 554 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Birtha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 365 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Birtha in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Birtha 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 1,973 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.