Birtha
Last seen for girls in 1969 at #7,471
- Peak · girls
- 1900 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,973since 1880
Birtha over time
Rank among girls' names. Birtha has never cracked the top 600 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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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,212 | 20 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,661 | 25 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,538 | 26 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,128 | 43 |
| 1929 | #941 | 58 |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,035 | 55 |
| 1926 | #911 | 67 |
| 1925 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1924 | #970 | 62 |
| 1923 | #1,076 | 50 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 |
| 1918 | #1,041 | 48 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 |
| 1916 | #993 | 48 |
| 1915 | #1,094 | 38 |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #868 | 33 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 |
| 1910 | #644 | 43 |
| 1909 | #791 | 26 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 |
| 1906 | #845 | 19 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,061 | 9 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #825 | 11 |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 |
| 1886 | #731 | 10 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Birtha was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Birtha is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#311 · 1 in 2,747
- Arkansas#320 · 1 in 2,049
- Mississippi#320 · 1 in 2,251
Best ever in a state: #208 in Mississippi, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #311 | 7 | 1 in 2,747 |
| Arkansas | #320 | 8 | 1 in 2,049 |
| Mississippi | #320 | 8 | 1 in 2,251 |
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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 Birtha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
- Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1890 (#1,279 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 339 spots in 1888 (#937 → #1,276)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1900 at #611 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1900–1907
- Highest: 1 in 9,084 girls born in 1900 were named Birtha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 337,403 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
- 28.1% of all girls named Birtha (554) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38 | #731 (1886) | #998 |
| 1890s | 109 | #754 (1896) | #930 |
| 1900s | 214 | #611 (1900) | #806 |
| 1910s | 385 | #644 (1910) | #972 |
| 1920s | 554 | #911 (1926) | #1,013 |
| 1930s | 310 | #1,128 (1930) | #1,340 |
| 1940s | 204 | #1,538 (1941) | #2,070 |
| 1950s | 114 | #2,185 (1950) | #3,336 |
| 1960s | 45 | #4,437 (1960) | #5,917 |
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.
Birtha in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
girls
1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 21,757 of them was named Birtha, which outranked 80.8% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).