Oletha
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,214since 1897
Oletha over time
Rank among girls' names. Oletha 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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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1932 | #1,520 | 25 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,338 | 33 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,403 | 33 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 |
| 1920 | #1,407 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 |
| 1918 | #1,299 | 34 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,258 | 31 |
| 1914 | #1,444 | 20 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
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| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Oletha! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Oletha is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kansas#205 · 1 in 1,223
Best ever in a state: #205 in Kansas, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kansas | #205 | 7 | 1 in 1,223 |
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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 Oletha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1913 at #1,176 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,322 girls born in 1910 were named Oletha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,061 girls born in 1980 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,176 in 1913, was only 1 in 28,388 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.1% of all girls named Oletha (329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 39 | #1,289 (1907) | #1,494 |
| 1910s | 238 | #1,176 (1913) | #1,354 |
| 1920s | 329 | #1,213 (1923) | #1,408 |
| 1930s | 205 | #1,375 (1931) | #1,806 |
| 1940s | 113 | #2,272 (1941) | #3,034 |
| 1950s | 99 | #2,921 (1952) | #3,972 |
| 1960s | 103 | #2,957 (1961) | #4,626 |
| 1970s | 78 | #4,300 (1972) | #5,778 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
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.
Oletha in 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 28,388 of them was named Oletha, which outranked 68.3% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,151Susanne23
- #1,151Verena23
- #1,151Zelia23
- #1,176Oletha22
- #1,176Albert22
- #1,176Audry22
- #1,176Bernie22
- #1,229Adelene21
- #1,229Aimee21
- #1,229Altie21
Tied with 52 names at #1,176; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.