Theretha — girls' name
21 babies named Theretha in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
21 girls have been named Theretha since 1926, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1963.
- 21
- total births
- 1926–1963
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Theretha was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Theretha in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Theretha
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Theretha between 1926 and 1963, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Theretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Theretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Theretha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Theretha 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 21 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.
Theretha at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Theretha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1926
- Peak year (1963)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
21 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 6 births in a single year.
Theretha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 10 births that decade — 48% of Theretha's all-time total
Theretha decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Theretha's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% 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, 1926–1963 (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.