How Many People Are Named Letha?
people named Letha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 62,712 people in the US has this name
Based on 19,162 babies named Letha in Social Security records from 1880 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
473 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a short form of ALETHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Letha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Letha alive today is about 67 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Letha first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 473 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Letha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #231, in 1903.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #231 (1903) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #344 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Letha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Letha were born in Texas than in any other state: about 526 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Letha was given 4.1 times as often in Oklahoma, 3.2 times in Arkansas and 2.8 times in Kansas.
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