Eletha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Eletha

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Eletha between 1898 and 1979, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Eletha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Eletha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Eletha 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 280 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.