Recorded 1904–1965 Girls' name Peak 1916 224 births

Netha — girls' name

224 babies named Netha in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1916. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1900s51910s311920s611930s441940s351950s251960s23
1920s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Netha was born in this single decade.

1916
Single peak year

11 babies were named Netha in 1916 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Netha

The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Netha between 1904 and 1965, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Netha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Netha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Netha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Netha 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 224 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.

Netha at a glance

Last recorded 1965

Total births

224

Since 1904

62 years of records

Peak year

1916

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1965

Active since

1904

Recorded for 62 years

Last year on file: 1965

Netha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1904

Last recorded 1965
Peak year (1916)
11
Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
4681012 19651957194719361928192219151904 5

Netha by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
61 births that decade — 27% of Netha's all-time total
1900s51910s311920s611930s441940s351950s251960s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Netha?
224 babies have been named Netha since 1904. It was last recorded in 1965. The peak year was 1916 with 11 births.
When was Netha most popular?
Netha was most popular in the 1920s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 1916.
How long has the name Netha been used?
Netha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1904, spanning 62 years of data through 1965.
What names are similar to Netha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Nettie, Neta, Netta, Netanya, 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, 1904–1965 (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.