Girls' name · since 1930
Gaytha
Since 1930, U.S. Social Security records show 160 babies named Gaytha, peaking in 1947. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1930
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gaytha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 160 recorded since 1930.
Gaytha has 160 recorded births among girls since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 1965.
- #22,119 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1930
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gaytha ranks #22,119 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1930, peaking in the 1940s.
- #22,119 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1930
- 1940s
- peak decade
Gaytha's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gaytha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Gaytha's SSA record in two at 1948 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1934, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1947 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Gaytha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–1965
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Gaytha by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (69 births, 43% of the file).
1940s was Gaytha's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Gaytha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 27
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
69 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 69 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Gaytha's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 1960s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Gaytha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~35 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, 1930–1965 (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 Gaytha 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.