Ianthe
Ianthe is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Ianthe
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ianthe is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Ianthe
Ianthe first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1914, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1970: 9 births, good for #5,413 nationwide. About 32% of every Ianthe on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Ianthe last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ianthe
Ianthe is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Ianthe's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #5,413. Use the chart and map above to compare Ianthe's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.