Lethia
- Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179
- Peak · girls
- 1886 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 987since 1886
Lethia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Lethia has never cracked the top 800 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #3,687 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,668 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #2,283 | 16 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,895 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,120 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,690 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 |
| 1895 | #1,123 | 9 |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1886
The first year at least five girls were named Lethia! It came in at #897, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Lethia is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Lethia in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Lethia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Biggest jump: 549 spots in 1893
- Biggest drop: 452 spots in 1894
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1886
- Peaked 1886 at #897 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1886–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,355
- Highest: 1 in 19,355 girls born in 1893 were named Lethia (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 306,042 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #897 in 1886, was only 1 in 20,648 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 17.2% of all girls named Lethia (170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7 | #897 (1886) | #897 |
| 1890s | 71 | #901 (1893) | #1,192 |
| 1900s | 83 | #1,076 (1903) | #1,475 |
| 1910s | 170 | #1,267 (1910) | #1,654 |
| 1920s | 150 | #1,895 (1923) | #2,434 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,941 (1931) | #2,812 |
| 1940s | 102 | #2,311 (1942) | #3,164 |
| 1950s | 112 | #2,253 (1950) | #3,343 |
| 1960s | 120 | #3,176 (1963) | #3,926 |
| 1970s | 53 | #5,191 (1973) | #6,912 |
| 1980s | 6 | #9,545 (1986) | #9,545 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 6 | #14,179 (2004) | #14,179 |
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.
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