Eartha
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · Last seen for boys in 1953 at #3,798
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,920since 1905
Eartha over time
Rank among girls' names. Eartha has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
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| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,586 | 22 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,558 | 52 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,405 | 61 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,192 | 80 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,364 | 60 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,055 | 97 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,016 | 101 | — | |
| 1955 | #949 | 108 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,014 | 93 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,178 | 67 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,238 | 54 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 | — | |
| 1945 | #954 | 65 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,205 | 43 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #979 | 64 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 | — | |
| 1940 | #854 | 70 | — | |
| 1939 | #818 | 71 | — | |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 | — | |
| 1936 | #862 | 62 | — | |
| 1935 | #995 | 48 | — | |
| 1934 | #955 | 52 | — | |
| 1933 | #878 | 59 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,175 | 37 | — | |
| 1930 | #993 | 55 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,079 | 50 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,430 | 32 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,622 | 21 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Eartha! It came in at #1,931, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1905–1908, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Eartha is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Carolina#278 · 1 in 1,907
- Alabama#396 · 1 in 3,624
- Georgia#555 · 1 in 6,577
- North Carolina#559 · 1 in 7,427
- New York#708 · 1 in 12,568
Best ever in a state: #118 in South Carolina, 1940.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #278 | 15 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Alabama | #396 | 10 | 1 in 3,624 |
| Georgia | #555 | 7 | 1 in 6,577 |
| North Carolina | #559 | 7 | 1 in 7,427 |
| New York | #708 | 13 | 1 in 12,568 |
| Texas | #999 | 7 | 1 in 15,986 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Eartha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1933 (#1,147 → #878)
- Biggest drop: 303 spots in 1946 (#954 → #1,257)
- Debuted 1905
- Peaked 1939 at #818 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1933–1936
- Highest: 1 in 15,445 girls born in 1939 were named Eartha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 25.5% of all girls named Eartha (744) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,964 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,393 (1919) | #1,898 |
| 1920s | 410 | #1,015 (1929) | #1,224 |
| 1930s | 519 | #818 (1939) | #988 |
| 1940s | 527 | #854 (1940) | #1,149 |
| 1950s | 744 | #949 (1955) | #1,194 |
| 1960s | 365 | #1,405 (1960) | #2,063 |
| 1970s | 127 | #2,856 (1970) | #5,184 |
| 1980s | 44 | #5,209 (1982) | #8,664 |
| 1990s | 12 | #10,514 (1995) | #11,916 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,088 |
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.
Eartha in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 18,104 of them was named Eartha, which outranked 85.9% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).