Mertha
#18,748 most common girls' name of all time · #30,728 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–1953
Rank among girls
#18,748
Rank overall
#30,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
26 of 146
All-time
190
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #2,276
Best rank
#2,276 1925
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Mertha first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,236 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,574 |
| 1949 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,543 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,291 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,428 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,928 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,764 |
| 1937 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,037 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,586 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,531 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,630 |
| 1933 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,814 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,919 |
| 1930 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,878 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,906 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,107 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,607 |
| 1925 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,276 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,425 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,756 |
| 1921 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,133 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,600 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,972 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,831 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,141 |