Coletha — girls' name
38 babies named Coletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Coletha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Coletha in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Coletha
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Coletha between 1922 and 1984, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Coletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Coletha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Coletha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Coletha 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 38 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.
Coletha at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Coletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1922
- Peak year (1972)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
38 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 6 births in a single year.
Coletha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 12 births that decade — 32% of Coletha's all-time total
Coletha decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Coletha's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1922–1984 (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.