Letha
Letha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Letha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Letha is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Letha
Letha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 25 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 473 births, good for #293 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 20% of all recorded Lethas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 19K Lethas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Letha
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About the name Letha
Letha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 19K births in the dataset. Letha's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #293. Use the chart and map above to compare Letha'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 .
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