Albertha

Where Albertha comes from

Albertha hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1847
    Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough born
    British aristocrat; first wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough
  2. 1882
    First appearance
    #908 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1904
    Peak, #474
    48 babies named Albertha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,668.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Albertha Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough · British aristocrat; first wife of George Spencer-Churchill, 8th Duke of Marlborough, 1847–1932

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.