Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Altha

#3,182 most common girls' name of all time · #5,445 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–1976

Rank among girls
#3,182
Rank overall
#5,445 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
3,386
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1916 #692
Best rank
#435 1884
Girls Boys peak 103/yr
18801900192019401960

Altha is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1976 6 — 6 #8,165
1971 8 — 8 #6,012
1970 6 — 6 #7,078
1969 7 — 7 #5,982
1967 7 — 7 #5,465
1965 13 — 13 #3,555
1964 11 — 11 #4,100
1963 15 — 15 #3,339
1962 11 — 11 #4,019
1961 10 — 10 #4,241
1960 12 — 12 #3,691
1959 12 — 12 #3,621
1958 15 — 15 #3,090
1957 18 — 18 #2,730
1956 19 — 19 #2,624
1955 20 — 20 #2,474
1954 14 — 14 #3,021
1953 21 — 21 #2,304
1952 22 — 22 #2,202
1951 22 — 22 #2,116
1950 21 — 21 #2,123
1949 21 — 21 #2,135
1948 31 — 31 #1,677
1947 35 — 35 #1,606
1946 21 — 21 #2,027
1945 25 — 25 #1,661
1944 20 — 20 #1,917
1943 34 — 34 #1,424
1942 25 — 25 #1,669
1941 39 — 39 #1,207
1940 36 — 36 #1,223
1939 39 — 39 #1,162
1938 33 — 33 #1,268
1937 46 — 46 #1,052
1936 29 — 29 #1,347
1935 43 — 43 #1,057
1934 51 — 51 #967
1933 57 — 57 #897
1932 55 — 55 #955
1931 51 — 51 #971
1930 55 — 55 #995
1929 74 5 79 #823
1928 66 — 66 #904
1927 65 — 65 #926
1926 76 — 76 #844
1925 88 5 93 #788
1924 93 — 93 #776
1923 91 6 97 #761
1922 86 — 86 #785
1921 98 — 98 #737
1920 76 — 76 #828
1919 89 — 89 #744
1918 76 — 76 #822
1917 99 — 99 #692
1916 98 5 103 #692
1915 95 — 95 #678
1914 76 — 76 #668
1913 51 — 51 #738
1912 58 — 58 #661
1911 50 — 50 #607
1910 46 — 46 #623
1909 46 — 46 #570
1908 31 — 31 #699
1907 39 — 39 #590
1906 19 — 19 #848
1905 35 — 35 #591
1904 35 — 35 #571
1903 26 — 26 #656
1902 35 — 35 #547
1901 33 — 33 #532
1900 32 — 32 #626
1899 34 — 34 #508
1898 21 — 21 #726
1897 30 — 30 #546
1896 33 — 33 #518
1895 29 — 29 #554
1894 27 — 27 #560
1893 22 — 22 #623
1892 32 — 32 #485
1891 28 — 28 #486
1890 26 — 26 #515
1889 18 — 18 #604
1888 21 — 21 #551
1887 13 — 13 #639
1886 23 — 23 #454
1885 16 — 16 #546
1884 22 — 22 #435
1883 13 — 13 #543
1882 18 — 18 #443
1881 11 — 11 #517
1880 10 — 10 #547