Oletha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oletha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,214 babies named Oletha between 1897 and 1980, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oletha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oletha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Oletha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Oletha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oletha 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 1,214 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.