Recorded 1919–1945 Girls' name Peak 1926 38 births

Lutha — girls' name

38 babies named Lutha in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s171930s51940s11
1920s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Lutha was born in this single decade.

1926
Single peak year

7 babies were named Lutha in 1926 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lutha

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Lutha between 1919 and 1945, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lutha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lutha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lutha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lutha 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 38 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.

Lutha at a glance

Last recorded 1945

Total births

38

Since 1919

27 years of records

Peak year

1926

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1945

Active since

1919

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 1945

Lutha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1919

Last recorded 1945
Peak year (1926)
7
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1945194119331926192319221919 5

Lutha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
17 births that decade — 45% of Lutha's all-time total
1910s51920s171930s51940s11

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lutha?
38 babies have been named Lutha since 1919. It was last recorded in 1945. The peak year was 1926 with 7 births.
When was Lutha most popular?
Lutha was most popular in the 1920s decade with 17 total births. The single peak year was 1926.
How long has the name Lutha been used?
Lutha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 27 years of data through 1945.
What names are similar to Lutha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lutie, Lutricia, Luther, Lutisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–1945 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.