Altha
Last seen for girls in 1976 at #8,156 · Last seen for boys in 1929 at #3,959
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,365since 1880
Altha over time
Rank among girls' names. Altha has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
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| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
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| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,206 | 39 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,345 | 29 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,055 | 43 | — | |
| 1934 | #966 | 51 | — | |
| 1933 | #895 | 57 | — | |
| 1932 | #953 | 55 | — | |
| 1931 | #970 | 51 | — | |
| 1930 | #993 | 55 | — | |
| 1929 | #822 | 74 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | — | |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 | — | |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 | — | |
| 1925 | #786 | 88 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #774 | 93 | — | |
| 1923 | #760 | 91 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #784 | 86 | — | |
| 1921 | #737 | 98 | — | |
| 1920 | #825 | 76 | — | |
| 1919 | #743 | 89 | — | |
| 1918 | #821 | 76 | — | |
| 1917 | #690 | 99 | — | |
| 1916 | #692 | 98 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #675 | 95 | — | |
| 1914 | #666 | 76 | — | |
| 1913 | #738 | 51 | — | |
| 1912 | #659 | 58 | — | |
| 1911 | #605 | 50 | — | |
| 1910 | #620 | 46 | — | |
| 1909 | #566 | 46 | — | |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 | — | |
| 1905 | #587 | 35 | — | |
| 1904 | #570 | 35 | — | |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 | — | |
| 1902 | #545 | 35 | — | |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 | — | |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 | — | |
| 1899 | #507 | 34 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #537 | 30 | — | |
| 1896 | #514 | 33 | — | |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 | — | |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 | — | |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 | — | |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 | — | |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 | — | |
| 1890 | #508 | 26 | — | |
| 1889 | #600 | 18 | — | |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 | — | |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 | — | |
| 1884 | #425 | 22 | — | |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | — | |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Altha was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Altha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
- Biggest jump: 257 spots in 1907 (#845 → #588)
- Biggest drop: 258 spots in 1906 (#587 → #845)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #425 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 77 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1880–1934
- Highest: 1 in 5,865 girls born in 1884 were named Altha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
- 24.2% of all girls named Altha (813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 165 | #425 (1884) | #522 |
| 1890s | 282 | #479 (1892) | #547 |
| 1900s | 331 | #530 (1901) | #621 |
| 1910s | 738 | #605 (1911) | #691 |
| 1920s | 813 | #737 (1921) | #816 |
| 1930s | 459 | #895 (1933) | #1,065 |
| 1940s | 287 | #1,206 (1941) | #1,652 |
| 1950s | 184 | #2,116 (1951) | #2,628 |
| 1960s | 86 | #3,336 (1963) | #4,294 |
| 1970s | 20 | #6,006 (1971) | #7,077 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Altha in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 10,356 of them was named Altha, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).