Ertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Ertha between 1914 and 1968, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1929, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ertha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ertha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ertha 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 241 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.