How Many People Are Named Eartha?

1,553

people named Eartha are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 220,080 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,952 babies named Eartha in Social Security records from 1905 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#7,952

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#4,448

See the top 100

Peak Year

1955

108 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: UR-thΙ™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Combination of the English word earth with the feminine name suffix a. It has been used in honour of African-American philanthropist Eartha M. M. White (1876-1974). Another famous bearer was American singer and actress Eartha Kitt (1927-2008).

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.4%
Male
0.6%

Of the babies given the name Eartha, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Eartha alive today is about 69 years old, and 82% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 77 in 2025.

Under 30 5
0.3%
30 to 59 273
17.6%
60 and over 1,275
82.1%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Eartha first appears in the records in 1905 and was given most often in 1955, to 108 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.

Babies given the name each year, 1905 to 2020

πŸ† Rank History

Eartha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #819, in 1939.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#819 (1939)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,169 in the 1950s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Eartha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Eartha were born in South Carolina than in any other state: about 456 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eartha was given 36.2 times as often in South Carolina, 5.9 times in Florida and 2.1 times in Alabama.

South Carolina 456
Florida 66
New York 52
Alabama 44
Georgia 22
Mississippi 21
Texas 18
Louisiana 13
Ohio 13
Maryland 12
Illinois 12
North Carolina 10
Michigan 10
Pennsylvania 8
Delaware 4
Arkansas 4

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