Gertha
Last seen for girls in 1971 at #8,324
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,792since 1883
Gertha over time
Rank among girls' names. Gertha has never cracked the top 700 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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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,255 | 19 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,335 | 33 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,244 | 33 |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,336 | 30 |
| 1930 | #1,128 | 43 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,589 | 26 |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 |
| 1926 | #1,096 | 47 |
| 1925 | #1,210 | 41 |
| 1924 | #1,279 | 39 |
| 1923 | #1,231 | 40 |
| 1922 | #1,078 | 50 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 |
| 1920 | #1,038 | 51 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,031 | 49 |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 |
| 1916 | #1,246 | 33 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 |
| 1905 | #848 | 19 |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #903 | 15 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 |
| 1897 | #931 | 12 |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Gertha! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gertha is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#449 · 1 in 4,309
Best ever in a state: #227 in Alabama, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Alabama | #449 | 6 | 1 in 4,309 |
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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 Gertha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
- Biggest jump: 670 spots in 1895 (#1,485 → #815)
- Biggest drop: 559 spots in 1913 (#846 → #1,405)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1883 at #754 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1884, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1901–1907
- Highest: 1 in 14,765 girls born in 1906 were named Gertha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 332,765 girls born in 1971 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #754 in 1883, was only 1 in 16,046 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 23.8% of all girls named Gertha (426) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #754 (1883) | #1,050 |
| 1890s | 78 | #815 (1895) | #1,170 |
| 1900s | 155 | #818 (1906) | #983 |
| 1910s | 359 | #846 (1912) | #1,038 |
| 1920s | 426 | #969 (1921) | #1,202 |
| 1930s | 289 | #1,128 (1930) | #1,397 |
| 1940s | 248 | #1,294 (1940) | #1,789 |
| 1950s | 159 | #2,253 (1950) | #2,924 |
| 1960s | 44 | #4,773 (1960) | #5,213 |
| 1970s | 5 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,324 |
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.
Gertha in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 31,646 of them was named Gertha, which outranked 75.9% 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).
- #1,227Sadye34
- #1,227Selena34
- #1,227Simone34
- #1,246Gertha33
- #1,246Albert33
- #1,246Alease33
- #1,246Arlyne33
- #1,278Aimee32
- #1,278Alverda32
- #1,278Arvella32
Tied with 31 names at #1,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.