Ertha

Girl · recorded 1914–1968

  • 1968last recorded
  • 1929best year

Most popular in 1929.

Last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ertha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1914

071419141928194119551968

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 33 recorded years as a table
Ertha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19149
19157
191610
19175
19186
19198
19217
19227
19237
19246
19259
19269
19275
19286
192914
19306
19315
19327
19338
19347
19358
19366
19375
19386
19444
19455
19543
19553
19574
19582
19593
19603
19683

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ertha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1968
5
Rank in 1968
#7,016
How rare
1 in 328,077 girls
Since 1914
241

Ertha was last recorded in 1968. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1929, at 14 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ertha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.