Girls' name · since 1906
Zetha
Zetha has 64 recorded births since 1906 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1926 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zetha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 64 have been recorded since 1906.
Zetha has 64 recorded births among girls since 1906, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 1962.
- #32,225 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zetha ranks #32,225 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,225 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Zetha's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zetha's SSA record in two at 1920 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1906, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1926 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1962
- Peak year (1926)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Zetha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Zetha's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Zetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
10 births
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Zetha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (23 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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 Zetha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1926)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1906–1962 (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 Zetha 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.