Gatha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gatha

The Social Security Administration has registered 584 babies named Gatha between 1901 and 1962, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gatha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gatha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Gatha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gatha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gatha 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 584 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.