Letha
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · Last seen for boys in 1923 at #4,239
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1903 · 165 births
- Debut · girls
- 25 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,137since 1880
Letha over time
Rank among girls' names. Letha has never cracked the top 200 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 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,329 | 25 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,065 | 27 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,085 | 49 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,486 | 38 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,707 | 61 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,801 | 56 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,936 | 46 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,667 | 55 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,293 | 79 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,192 | 90 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,201 | 94 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,129 | 96 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | — | |
| 1967 | #896 | 131 | — | |
| 1966 | #772 | 162 | — | |
| 1965 | #732 | 185 | — | |
| 1964 | #801 | 170 | — | |
| 1963 | #829 | 158 | — | |
| 1962 | #798 | 171 | — | |
| 1961 | #805 | 169 | — | |
| 1960 | #759 | 180 | — | |
| 1959 | #704 | 202 | — | |
| 1958 | #761 | 171 | — | |
| 1957 | #807 | 157 | — | |
| 1956 | #655 | 214 | — | |
| 1955 | #722 | 172 | — | |
| 1954 | #739 | 156 | — | |
| 1953 | #712 | 165 | — | |
| 1952 | #770 | 134 | — | |
| 1951 | #772 | 132 | — | |
| 1950 | #670 | 159 | — | |
| 1949 | #671 | 154 | — | |
| 1948 | #644 | 167 | — | |
| 1947 | #596 | 205 | — | |
| 1946 | #646 | 149 | — | |
| 1945 | #577 | 160 | — | |
| 1944 | #534 | 185 | — | |
| 1943 | #578 | 170 | — | |
| 1942 | #577 | 164 | — | |
| 1941 | #503 | 190 | — | |
| 1940 | #490 | 196 | — | |
| 1939 | #479 | 194 | — | |
| 1938 | #462 | 212 | — | |
| 1937 | #439 | 224 | — | |
| 1936 | #442 | 214 | — | |
| 1935 | #432 | 222 | — | |
| 1934 | #415 | 248 | — | |
| 1933 | #418 | 235 | — | |
| 1932 | #413 | 250 | — | |
| 1931 | #410 | 249 | — | |
| 1930 | #394 | 296 | — | |
| 1929 | #391 | 296 | — | |
| 1928 | #383 | 307 | — | |
| 1927 | #379 | 327 | — | |
| 1926 | #330 | 397 | — | |
| 1925 | #344 | 383 | — | |
| 1924 | #336 | 401 | — | |
| 1923 | #325 | 401 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #327 | 398 | — | |
| 1921 | #315 | 428 | — | |
| 1920 | #316 | 429 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #299 | 450 | — | |
| 1918 | #293 | 473 | — | |
| 1917 | #293 | 442 | — | |
| 1916 | #284 | 445 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #277 | 452 | — | |
| 1914 | #282 | 347 | — | |
| 1913 | #261 | 313 | — | |
| 1912 | #279 | 261 | — | |
| 1911 | #258 | 225 | — | |
| 1910 | #273 | 202 | — | |
| 1909 | #260 | 191 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1908 | #244 | 198 | — | |
| 1907 | #257 | 181 | — | |
| 1906 | #250 | 169 | — | |
| 1905 | #240 | 174 | — | |
| 1904 | #252 | 155 | — | |
| 1903 | #231 | 165 | — | |
| 1902 | #242 | 159 | — | |
| 1901 | #238 | 147 | — | |
| 1900 | #235 | 182 | — | |
| 1899 | #246 | 129 | — | |
| 1898 | #234 | 157 | — | |
| 1897 | #237 | 140 | — | |
| 1896 | #253 | 128 | — | |
| 1895 | #261 | 117 | — | |
| 1894 | #284 | 95 | — | |
| 1893 | #260 | 106 | — | |
| 1892 | #255 | 107 | — | |
| 1891 | #274 | 82 | — | |
| 1890 | #265 | 89 | — | |
| 1889 | #319 | 59 | — | |
| 1888 | #296 | 63 | — | |
| 1887 | #319 | 45 | — | |
| 1886 | #290 | 50 | — | |
| 1885 | #306 | 43 | — | |
| 1884 | #277 | 48 | — | |
| 1883 | #331 | 29 | — | |
| 1882 | #278 | 40 | — | |
| 1881 | #283 | 31 | — | |
| 1880 | #317 | 25 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Letha was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Letha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 69 spots in 1965 (#801 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1968 (#896 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1903 at #231 (165 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 70 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 88 yrs · run 1880–1967
- Highest: 1 in 1,588 girls born in 1903 were named Letha (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,310 girls born in 2020 (0.00%)
- 19.7% of all girls named Letha (3,767) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 433 | #277 (1884) | #302 |
| 1890s | 1,150 | #234 (1898) | #257 |
| 1900s | 1,721 | #231 (1903) | #245 |
| 1910s | 3,610 | #258 (1911) | #280 |
| 1920s | 3,767 | #315 (1921) | #345 |
| 1930s | 2,344 | #394 (1930) | #430 |
| 1940s | 1,740 | #490 (1940) | #582 |
| 1950s | 1,662 | #655 (1956) | #731 |
| 1960s | 1,511 | #732 (1965) | #865 |
| 1970s | 671 | #1,192 (1972) | #1,598 |
| 1980s | 300 | #2,085 (1981) | #3,164 |
| 1990s | 126 | #4,382 (1992) | #6,701 |
| 2000s | 46 | #10,129 (2007) | #12,388 |
| 2010s | 51 | #10,859 (2016) | #12,912 |
| 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.
Letha in 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 2,793 of them was named Letha, which outranked 94.5% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 133,045 of them was named Letha, which outranked 35.7% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,967Yoshiyuki9
- #2,967Zannie9
- #2,967Zelmer9
- #3,208Letha8
- #3,208Ac8
- #3,208Achilles8
- #3,208Adelino8
- #3,489Abelino7
- #3,489Acey7
- #3,489Acil7
Tied with 280 names at #3,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.