Gaytha — girls' name
160 babies named Gaytha in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Gaytha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Gaytha in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Gaytha
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Gaytha between 1930 and 1965, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gaytha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Gaytha performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gaytha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Gaytha 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 160 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.
Gaytha at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Gaytha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1930
- Peak year (1947)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
160 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 11 births in a single year.
Gaytha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 69 births that decade — 43% of Gaytha's all-time total
Gaytha decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Gaytha's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1930–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.