Girls' name · since 1914
Ianthe
Ianthe has 47 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ianthe is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 47 have been recorded since 1914.
Ianthe has 47 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2011.
- #35,685 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ianthe ranks #35,685 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,685 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ianthe's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ianthe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ianthe's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1914, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ianthe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2011
- Peak year (1970)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
Ianthe by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (15 births, 32% of the file).
1970s was Ianthe's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ianthe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 15 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Ianthe's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2010s (7) -- 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 Ianthe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~97 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, 1914–2011 (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 Ianthe 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.