Girls' name · since 1918
Earther
Earther has 39 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Earther is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 39 have been recorded since 1918.
Earther has 39 recorded births among girls since 1918, 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 1918 to 1926.
- #37,813 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 39 born since 1918
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Earther ranks #37,813 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 39 born since 1918, peaking in the 1920s.
- #37,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 39
- born since 1918
- 1920s
- peak decade
Earther's 39 recorded births place it above 47.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Earther's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Earther's full recorded timeline at 1921, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1919, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Earther popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1926
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Earther by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 67% of the file).
1920s was Earther's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Earther births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (67% of all-time use).
Earther by state
Where Earther concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 16 | 41.0% |
16 of 39 births nationwide.
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- South Carolina records the most Earthers (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Earther: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1918–1926 (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 Earther 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.