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How popular is “Letha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Letha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Letha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Letha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Letha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Letha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Letha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Letha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 25 0.000124079 25 100%
1881 31 0.000160882 31 100%
1882 40 0.00018056 40 100%
1883 29 0.000133674 29 100%
1884 48 0.000197157 48 100%
1885 43 0.000178531 43 100%
1886 50 0.000195836 50 100%
1887 45 0.000181898 45 100%
1888 63 0.000210369 63 100%
1889 59 0.00020419 59 100%
1890 89 0.000295288 89 100%
1891 82 0.00028604 82 100%
1892 107 0.000320001 107 100%
1893 106 0.00032593 106 100%
1894 95 0.000280492 95 100%
1895 117 0.000333314 117 100%
1896 128 0.000358058 128 100%
1897 140 0.000403508 140 100%
1898 157 0.000411582 157 100%
1899 129 0.000380268 129 100%
1900 182 0.000404213 182 100%
1901 147 0.000425086 147 100%
1902 159 0.000411136 159 100%
1903 165 0.000432844 165 100%
1904 155 0.000384153 155 100%
1905 174 0.000410453 174 100%
1906 169 0.000394444 169 100%
1907 181 0.000388921 181 100%
1908 198 0.000405199 198 100%
1909 197 0.00038535 191 6 94%
1910 202 0.000341961 202 100%
1911 225 0.000349228 225 100%
1912 261 0.000264153 261 100%
1913 313 0.000275259 313 100%
1914 347 0.000244997 347 100%
1915 452 0.000246668 452 100%
1916 451 0.000233145 445 6 97%
1917 442 0.000220257 442 100%
1918 473 0.000217861 473 100%
1919 450 0.000213245 450 100%
1920 437 0.000193137 429 8 96%
1921 428 0.000183337 428 100%
1922 398 0.000173863 398 100%
1923 406 0.000176332 401 5 98%
1924 401 0.000168373 401 100%
1925 383 0.000164145 383 100%
1926 397 0.000172917 397 100%
1927 327 0.000140987 327 100%
1928 307 0.000135784 307 100%
1929 296 0.000135027 296 100%
1930 296 0.000133136 296 100%
1931 249 0.000118324 249 100%
1932 250 0.000118411 250 100%
1933 235 0.000117532 235 100%
1934 248 0.000119414 248 100%
1935 222 0.000106225 222 100%
1936 214 0.000103005 214 100%
1937 224 0.000105131 224 100%
1938 212 0.000095816 212 100%
1939 194 0.000088044 194 100%
1940 196 0.000085118 196 100%
1941 190 0.000077983 190 100%
1942 163 0.000059667 163 100%
1943 171 0.000060583 171 100%
1944 185 0.000068771 185 100%
1945 160 0.000060311 160 100%
1946 149 0.000046631 149 100%
1947 205 0.000056908 205 100%
1948 167 0.00004837 167 100%
1949 154 0.000044192 154 100%
1950 159 0.000045385 159 100%
1951 132 0.000035833 132 100%
1952 134 0.000035282 134 100%
1953 166 0.000043076 166 100%
1954 155 0.000038938 155 100%
1955 172 0.000042838 172 100%
1956 214 0.000051903 214 100%
1957 157 0.000037362 157 100%
1958 171 0.000041365 171 100%
1959 202 0.000048581 202 100%
1960 180 0.000043334 180 100%
1961 169 0.000040799 169 100%
1962 171 0.000042375 171 100%
1963 158 0.000039917 158 100%
1964 170 0.000043729 170 100%
1965 185 0.000051028 185 100%
1966 162 0.00004661 162 100%
1967 131 0.000038587 131 100%
1968 89 0.000026344 89 100%
1969 96 0.000027623 96 100%
1970 94 0.000026064 94 100%
1971 95 0.000027678 95 100%
1972 90 0.000028635 90 100%
1973 79 0.000026186 79 100%
1974 55 0.000018092 55 100%
1975 46 0.000015235 46 100%
1976 46 0.00001516 46 100%
1977 57 0.000017944 57 100%
1978 61 0.000019219 61 100%
1979 48 0.000014427 48 100%
1980 38 0.000011032 38 100%
1981 49 0.000014164 49 100%
1982 35 0.000009977 35 100%
1983 27 0.000007796 27 100%
1984 25 0.000007166 25 100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 100%
1986 22 0.000006185 22 100%
1987 32 0.000008875 32 100%
1988 23 0.000006225 23 100%
1989 25 0.000006503 25 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 100%
1992 23 0.000005988 23 100%
1993 13 0.000003448 13 100%
1994 12 0.000003228 12 100%
1995 11 0.000003004 11 100%
1996 17 0.000004661 17 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 6 0.000001587 6 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2004 8 0.000002094 8 100%
2007 11 0.000002752 11 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 9 0.000002428 9 100%
2015 8 0.000002162 8 100%
2016 9 0.000002453 9 100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%

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