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Arletha

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Arletha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196340 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1900
1,640people given the name
Babies named Arletha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,640 girls have been named Arletha in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1963, with 40 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 40 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Arletha
1900s24
1910s125
1920s240
1930s213
1940s199
1950s288
1960s318
1970s160
1980s61
1990s12

In 1963, its biggest year

Arletha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1963 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1963.

Names that rose and fell with Arletha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.