Girls' name · since 1927
Ianthia
11 babies named Ianthia in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #53,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ianthia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1927.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ianthia has been recorded 11 times among girls since 1927, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1952.
- #53,172 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ianthia ranks #53,172 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #53,172 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ianthia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ianthia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ianthia splits its recorded history at 1952: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1927 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1952 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ianthia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1952
- Peak year (1952)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Ianthia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Ianthia's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ianthia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ianthia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1927–1952 (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 Ianthia 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.