Lethia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lethia

The Social Security Administration has registered 987 babies named Lethia between 1886 and 2004, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lethia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lethia performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lethia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Lethia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lethia 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 987 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.