Arletha
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #10,588
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,640since 1900
Arletha over time
Rank among girls' names. Arletha has never cracked the top 1,000 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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| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,903 | 23 |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1967 | #2,327 | 27 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 |
| 1963 | #1,839 | 40 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #2,150 | 29 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,968 | 25 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,858 | 26 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,811 | 23 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,821 | 23 |
| 1920 | #1,550 | 28 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #1,451 | 29 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Arletha! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Arletha is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#704 · 1 in 8,910
Best ever in a state: #329 in North Carolina, 1927.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #704 | 5 | 1 in 8,910 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Arletha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1903 at #1,204 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1904, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 29,108 girls born in 1903 were named Arletha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 258,439 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 19.4% of all girls named Arletha (318) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 24 | #1,204 (1903) | #1,825 |
| 1910s | 125 | #1,451 (1918) | #2,160 |
| 1920s | 240 | #1,419 (1929) | #1,747 |
| 1930s | 213 | #1,449 (1935) | #1,719 |
| 1940s | 199 | #1,858 (1948) | #2,046 |
| 1950s | 288 | #1,794 (1959) | #1,968 |
| 1960s | 318 | #1,839 (1963) | #2,140 |
| 1970s | 160 | #2,599 (1971) | #4,362 |
| 1980s | 61 | #4,517 (1980) | #6,559 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,588 (1993) | #11,773 |
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.
Arletha in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 56,069 of them was named Arletha, which outranked 74.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,893Torri37
- #1,893Velinda37
- #1,893Zenaida37
- #1,921Arletha36
- #1,921Alexa36
- #1,921Belia36
- #1,921Bronwyn36
- #1,955Allyn35
- #1,955Arletta35
- #1,955Bunny35
Tied with 33 names at #1,921; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.