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 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 10,656 of them was named Altha, which outranked 86.6% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 178,016 of them was named Altha, which outranked 14.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 638 names at #3,897; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.