Mertha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Mertha

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Mertha between 1914 and 1953, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mertha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mertha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mertha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mertha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mertha 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 190 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.