Eartha
Eartha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 819th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1955108 births
- Best rank
- #819in 1939
- Since 1905
- 2,920people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,920 girls have been named Eartha in the United States since 1905, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 108 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 108 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1946, and the 1950s alone account for 25%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Eartha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 22 | |
| 1910s | 145 | |
| 1920s | 410 | |
| 1930s | 519 | |
| 1940s | 527 | |
| 1950s | 744 | |
| 1960s | 365 | |
| 1970s | 127 | |
| 1980s | 44 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Eartha was the 950th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1955 were Mary, Deborah, Linda, Debra and Susan. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Eartha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorethapeak 1956
- Carylpeak 1947
- Wandapeak 1957
- Redapeak 1955
- Phylisspeak 1951
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Elainepeak 1947
- Joyepeak 1932
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.