Gertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,792 babies named Gertha between 1883 and 1971, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gertha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Gertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 288 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Gertha in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gertha 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 1,792 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.