Girls' name · since 1880
Letha
Letha has 19,137 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19,137
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
19,137 girls have been named Letha since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letha has been recorded 19,137 times among girls since 1880, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2020.
- #1,100 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 19,137 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letha ranks #1,100 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19,137 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,100 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 19,137
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Letha's 19,137 recorded births place it above 98.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Letha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Letha's full recorded timeline at 1946, 26% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 74% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1918 peak of 473 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Letha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2020
- Peak year (1918)
- 473
- Annual births at peak, across 141 years of records
Letha popularity over time - boys
25 total births recorded since 1909 (Letha as boys' name)
Letha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (3,767 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Letha's strongest decade.
3,767 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Letha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 433
1880s
433 births
- 1890s 1,150
1890s
1,150 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,721 births
- 1910s
1910s
3,610 births
- 1920s
1920s
3,767 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,344 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,740 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,662 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,511 births
- 1970s 671
1970s
671 births
- 1980s 300
1980s
300 births
- 1990s 126
1990s
126 births
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 51
2010s
51 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 3,767 births (20% of all-time use).
How Letha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Letha's total volume
Letha by state
Where Letha concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,482 | 7.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 1,044 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Oklahoma | | 981 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Missouri | | 785 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 660 | 3.4% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 611 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 601 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 552 | 2.9% |
1,482 of 19,137 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Letha appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Letha's data
- Letha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (3,767 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lethas (1,482 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Letha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~140 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, 1880–2020 (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 Letha 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.