first name
LETHA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,586 people named Letha, 67.8% reported their origin as White, 24.4% as Black and 3.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Letha peaked in 1918, when 473 babies got the name.
At least 19,162 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Letha by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #371. The largest share of babies named Letha, 43.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Letha is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Letha has been most common in Oklahoma (5.6×), Arkansas (4.7×), and Mississippi (3.7×), and least common in New York (0.11×).
12,745 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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