Girls' name · since 2001
Poleth
Poleth has 28 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #41,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
28 girls have been named Poleth since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Poleth has 28 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2023.
- #41,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Poleth ranks #41,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #41,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Poleth's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Poleth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Poleth's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Poleth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Poleth by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Poleth's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Poleth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Poleth's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Poleth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Poleth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.