Girtha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Girtha

The Social Security Administration has registered 597 babies named Girtha between 1896 and 1959, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Girtha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Girtha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 156 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Girtha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Girtha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Girtha 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 597 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.