Rotha — girls' name
153 babies named Rotha in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Rotha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rotha in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rotha
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Rotha between 1898 and 1948, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rotha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rotha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rotha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rotha 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 153 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.
Rotha at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rotha popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1898
- Peak year (1926)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
153 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 13 births in a single year.
Rotha popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1983 (Rotha as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rotha accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rotha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 51 births that decade — 33% of Rotha's all-time total
Rotha decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rotha's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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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, 1898–1948 (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.