Girtha

Last seen for girls in 1959 at #5,566

Peak · girls
1903 · 13 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
597
since 1896

Girtha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Girtha has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #969, 1903girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1959#5,5666
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1951#3,48210
1950#3,05212
1949#3,39310
1948#4,2057
1947#3,7069
1946#3,4309
1945#4,5565
1944#2,76211
1943#2,55813
1942#2,53713
1941#3,9546
1940#2,42412
1939#3,1458
1938#3,8476
1937#2,9409
1936#2,8579
1935#2,09515
1934#2,56711
1933#1,90617
1932#2,23514
1931#2,20514
1930#2,20215
1929#2,30114
1928#2,95410
1927#1,82822
1926#1,99719
1925#2,77812
1924#1,92621
1923#2,36615
1922#2,18617
1921#3,6668
1920#2,07918
1919#1,74522
1918#2,51913
1917#2,20415
1916#1,94917
1915#1,96416
1914#2,12511
1913#2,3318
1912#1,9819
1911#1,7928
1910#1,20714
1909
1908#2,1015
1907#1,6397
1906#1,7276
1905#1,9315
1904#1,3648
1903#96913
1902#1,4387
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1898#1,1719
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1896#1,2927
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First appearance
1896

The first year at least five girls were named Girtha! It came in at #1,292, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1897, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Girtha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1959
  • Biggest jump: 469 spots in 1903 (#1,438#969)
  • Biggest drop: 395 spots in 1904 (#969#1,364)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 1903 at #969 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1905, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1903
Share of babies · girls
1 in 20,152
  • Highest: 1 in 20,152 girls born in 1903 were named Girtha (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 337,244 girls born in 1959 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.1% of all girls named Girtha (156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s16#1,171 (1898)#1,232
1900s51#969 (1903)#1,596
1910s133#1,207 (1910)#1,982
1920s156#1,828 (1927)#2,408
1930s118#1,906 (1933)#2,600
1940s95#2,424 (1940)#3,353
1950s28#3,052 (1950)#4,033

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.

Girtha in 1903

girls
#969
13 births · 1 in 20,152 girls

Top girls' names in 1903

  1. #1Mary14,275
  2. #2Helen6,129
  3. #3Anna5,098
  4. #4Margaret5,045
  5. #5Ruth4,517
  6. #6Elizabeth3,724
  7. #7Marie3,469
  8. #8Florence3,468
  9. #9Ethel3,257
  10. #10Mildred3,088
  11. #969Girtha13
More about 1903

girls

261,970 girls got a published name in 1903; 1 in 20,152 of them was named Girtha, which outranked 53.5% of the 2,083 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Girtha
  1. #931Sula14
  2. #931Vennie14
  3. #931Vernice14
  4. #969Girtha13
  5. #969Aida13
  6. #969Allean13
  7. #969Almira13
  8. #1,027Adda12
  9. #1,027Adelle12
  10. #1,027Aimee12

Tied with 57 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. 1,004Rafaela#1,793#789
  2. 957Evia#1,793#836
  3. 862Euphemia#1,793#931
  4. 758Janette#1,594#836
  5. 758Louis#1,594#836
Fallers
  1. 889Littie#903#1,792
  2. 889Samantha#903#1,792
  3. 820Marianna#972#1,792
  4. 689Classie#903#1,592
  5. 667Venus#773#1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1903