Girls' name · since 1919
Reitha
Since 1919, U.S. Social Security records show 60 babies named Reitha, peaking in 1929. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #32,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
60 girls have been named Reitha since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Reitha has 60 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1959.
- #32,920 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1919
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reitha ranks #32,920 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1919, peaking in the 1940s.
- #32,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1919
- 1940s
- peak decade
Reitha's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Reitha splits its recorded history at 1943: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1929 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Reitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1959
- Peak year (1929)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Reitha by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (26 births, 43% of the file).
1940s was Reitha's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Reitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 26 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Reitha's decade-level peak was the 1940s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Reitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1929)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1919–1959 (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 Reitha 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.