Girls' name · since 1897
Lether
241 babies named Lether in U.S. Social Security records since 1897, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lether sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 241 recorded since 1897.
Lether has 241 recorded births among girls since 1897, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 1949.
- #17,942 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 241 born since 1897
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lether ranks #17,942 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 241 born since 1897, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,942 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 241
- born since 1897
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lether's 241 recorded births place it above 75.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Lether's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lether splits its recorded history at 1924: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1897 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lether popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–1949
- Peak year (1924)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Lether popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1916 (Lether as boys' name)
Lether by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (86 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Lether's strongest decade.
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Lether births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
71 births
- 1920s
1920s
86 births
- 1930s
1930s
50 births
- 1940s 17
1940s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 86 births (36% of all-time use).
Lether by state
Where Lether concentrates geographically, total births since 1897
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 16 | 6.6% |
16 of 241 births nationwide.
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- Lether's decade-level peak was the 1920s (86 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Lethers (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lether: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1897–1949 (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 Lether 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.