Hertha
Last seen for girls in 1965 at #6,539
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,453since 1886
Hertha over time
Rank among girls' names. Hertha has never cracked the top 500 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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| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
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| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,307 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,456 | 31 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,576 | 28 |
| 1924 | #1,409 | 34 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,646 | 26 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 |
| 1915 | #831 | 61 |
| 1914 | #843 | 49 |
| 1913 | #776 | 46 |
| 1912 | #860 | 34 |
| 1911 | #982 | 20 |
| 1910 | #831 | 27 |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | #776 | 22 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #755 | 22 |
| 1903 | #640 | 27 |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 |
| 1900 | #742 | 24 |
| 1899 | #606 | 26 |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 |
| 1897 | #660 | 22 |
| 1896 | #621 | 25 |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #706 | 17 |
| 1891 | #727 | 14 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #839 | 10 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Hertha! It came in at #828, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Hertha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1965
- Biggest jump: 703 spots in 1908 (#1,512 → #809)
- Biggest drop: 736 spots in 1907 (#776 → #1,512)
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1902 at #571 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1905, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1886–1904
- Highest: 1 in 8,002 girls born in 1902 were named Hertha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,033 girls born in 1965 (0.00%)
- 31.0% of all girls named Hertha (451) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 40 | #661 (1887) | #791 |
| 1890s | 181 | #606 (1899) | #730 |
| 1900s | 221 | #571 (1902) | #841 |
| 1910s | 451 | #776 (1913) | #902 |
| 1920s | 312 | #1,087 (1920) | #1,467 |
| 1930s | 124 | #1,658 (1933) | #2,510 |
| 1940s | 90 | #1,954 (1941) | #3,719 |
| 1950s | 16 | #5,208 (1955) | #5,395 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,296 (1963) | #5,898 |
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.
Hertha in 1906
Top girls' names in 1906
More about 1906
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295,297 girls got a published name in 1906; 1 in 13,423 of them was named Hertha, which outranked 65.0% of the 2,220 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).