Hertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Hertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,453 babies named Hertha between 1886 and 1965, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Hertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hertha performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 451 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Hertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Hertha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hertha 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 1,453 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.