Meaning not yet researched.
Letha: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #231 in 1903.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US girls were given it in 2025. It peaked at #231 in 1903. No US babies were recorded with the name Letha in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US girls in 2025; it peaked at #231 in 1903.
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Letha: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 girls in 2025. Peak: #231 in 1903 · most girls in one year: 473 (1918).
Fewer than five US girls were named Letha in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #231, reached in 1903. The most girls given the name in a single year was 473, in 1918. For comparison, it was #12,490 in 2015 and #673 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Letha in 133 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 25 babies. In all, 19,162 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 3,780 babies named Letha.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 20 US girls were named Letha; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 9.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Leta (11,944 babies since 1880), Leota (10,447 babies since 1880), Leatha (6,023 babies since 1880) and Lita (4,437 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Letta, Leitha and Leita are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Letta (782), Leitha (731), Leita (720), Leeta (530), Leetta (519), Leotha (486), Leotta (152), Leatta (66), Leata (61), Leetha (39), Lyta (11), Litta (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Letha in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #16,510 | — | — |
| 2019 | 6 | #14,830 | — | — |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,398 | — | — |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,490 | — | — |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,529 | — | — |
| 2013 | 7 | #14,030 | — | — |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,070 | — | — |
| 2011 | 6 | #15,949 | — | — |
| 2009 | 5 | #18,974 | — | — |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,536 | — | — |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,283 | — | — |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,723 | — | — |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,591 | — | — |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,210 | — | — |
| 1999 | 14 | #7,064 | — | — |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,373 | — | — |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,674 | — | — |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,837 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,388 | — | — |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,875 | — | — |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,466 | — | — |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,825 | — | — |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,129 | — | — |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,964 | — | — |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,966 | — | — |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,998 | — | — |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,828 | — | — |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,581 | — | — |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,382 | — | — |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,108 | — | — |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,677 | — | — |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,102 | — | — |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,512 | — | — |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,070 | — | — |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,716 | — | — |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,818 | — | — |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,954 | — | — |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,948 | — | — |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,675 | — | — |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,198 | — | — |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,200 | — | — |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,203 | — | — |
| 1969 | 96 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1967 | 131 | #896 | — | — |
| 1966 | 162 | #773 | — | — |
| 1965 | 185 | #732 | — | — |
| 1964 | 170 | #802 | — | — |
| 1963 | 158 | #831 | — | — |
| 1962 | 171 | #799 | — | — |
| 1961 | 169 | #806 | — | — |
| 1960 | 180 | #759 | — | — |
| 1959 | 202 | #704 | — | — |
| 1958 | 171 | #765 | — | — |
| 1957 | 157 | #809 | — | — |
| 1956 | 214 | #655 | — | — |
| 1955 | 172 | #724 | — | — |
| 1954 | 156 | #742 | — | — |
| 1953 | 165 | #712 | — | — |
| 1952 | 134 | #771 | — | — |
| 1951 | 132 | #772 | — | — |
| 1950 | 159 | #673 | — | — |
| 1949 | 154 | #672 | — | — |
| 1948 | 167 | #644 | — | — |
| 1947 | 205 | #597 | — | — |
| 1946 | 149 | #648 | — | — |
| 1945 | 160 | #580 | — | — |
| 1944 | 185 | #534 | — | — |
| 1943 | 170 | #578 | — | — |
| 1942 | 164 | #578 | — | — |
| 1941 | 190 | #503 | — | — |
| 1940 | 196 | #491 | — | — |
| 1939 | 194 | #480 | — | — |
| 1938 | 212 | #463 | — | — |
| 1937 | 224 | #439 | — | — |
| 1936 | 214 | #442 | — | — |
| 1935 | 222 | #433 | — | — |
| 1934 | 248 | #415 | — | — |
| 1933 | 235 | #418 | — | — |
| 1932 | 250 | #414 | — | — |
| 1931 | 249 | #410 | — | — |
| 1930 | 296 | #394 | — | — |
| 1929 | 296 | #391 | — | — |
| 1928 | 307 | #383 | — | — |
| 1927 | 327 | #380 | — | — |
| 1926 | 397 | #330 | — | — |
| 1925 | 383 | #344 | — | — |
| 1924 | 401 | #336 | — | — |
| 1923 | 401 | #325 | 5 | #4,603 |
| 1922 | 398 | #328 | — | — |
| 1921 | 428 | #316 | — | — |
| 1920 | 429 | #316 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1919 | 450 | #299 | — | — |
| 1918 | 473 | #293 | — | — |
| 1917 | 442 | #293 | — | — |
| 1916 | 445 | #284 | 6 | #3,716 |
| 1915 | 452 | #277 | — | — |
| 1914 | 347 | #282 | — | — |
| 1913 | 313 | #262 | — | — |
| 1912 | 261 | #280 | — | — |
| 1911 | 225 | #258 | — | — |
| 1910 | 202 | #274 | — | — |
| 1909 | 191 | #260 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1908 | 198 | #244 | — | — |
| 1907 | 181 | #257 | — | — |
| 1906 | 169 | #250 | — | — |
| 1905 | 174 | #240 | — | — |
| 1904 | 155 | #254 | — | — |
| 1903 | 165 | #231 | — | — |
| 1902 | 159 | #242 | — | — |
| 1901 | 147 | #239 | — | — |
| 1900 | 182 | #237 | — | — |
| 1899 | 129 | #247 | — | — |
| 1898 | 157 | #234 | — | — |
| 1897 | 140 | #238 | — | — |
| 1896 | 128 | #253 | — | — |
| 1895 | 117 | #261 | — | — |
| 1894 | 95 | #284 | — | — |
| 1893 | 106 | #260 | — | — |
| 1892 | 107 | #255 | — | — |
| 1891 | 82 | #274 | — | — |
| 1890 | 89 | #266 | — | — |
| 1889 | 59 | #320 | — | — |
| 1888 | 63 | #300 | — | — |
| 1887 | 45 | #320 | — | — |
| 1886 | 50 | #293 | — | — |
| 1885 | 43 | #308 | — | — |
| 1884 | 48 | #278 | — | — |
| 1883 | 29 | #334 | — | — |
| 1882 | 40 | #280 | — | — |
| 1881 | 31 | #284 | — | — |
| 1880 | 25 | #322 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).