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.

Mirtha

#10,542 most common girls' name of all time · #17,501 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1948–2008

Rank among girls
#10,542
Rank overall
#17,501 of 105,966
First appeared
1948
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
539
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1972 #3,130
Best rank
#3,130 1972
Girls Boys peak 21/yr
196019802000

Mirtha first appears in 1948. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2008 5 — 5 #17,851
2005 6 — 6 #14,776
2004 7 — 7 #12,971
2003 7 — 7 #12,632
2002 10 — 10 #9,619
2001 14 — 14 #7,412
2000 6 — 6 #13,456
1999 5 — 5 #14,796
1998 11 — 11 #8,149
1997 7 — 7 #11,048
1996 11 — 11 #7,710
1995 11 — 11 #7,654
1994 11 — 11 #7,734
1993 9 — 9 #8,888
1992 12 — 12 #7,180
1991 11 — 11 #7,561
1990 18 — 18 #5,120
1989 10 — 10 #7,602
1988 9 — 9 #7,889
1987 12 — 12 #6,051
1986 13 — 13 #5,543
1985 11 — 11 #6,176
1984 5 — 5 #10,844
1983 16 — 16 #4,565
1982 16 — 16 #4,605
1981 13 — 13 #5,382
1980 11 — 11 #6,069
1979 11 — 11 #5,905
1978 7 — 7 #7,919
1977 7 — 7 #7,854
1976 9 — 9 #6,271
1975 15 — 15 #4,246
1974 13 — 13 #4,583
1973 17 — 17 #3,722
1972 21 — 21 #3,130
1971 16 — 16 #3,887
1970 13 — 13 #4,384
1969 16 — 16 #3,564
1968 11 — 11 #4,377
1967 9 — 9 #4,860
1966 11 — 11 #4,114
1965 6 — 6 #6,212
1964 11 — 11 #4,264
1963 15 — 15 #3,437
1962 15 — 15 #3,407
1961 9 — 9 #4,796
1960 5 — 5 #6,931
1959 8 — 8 #4,930
1958 5 — 5 #6,659
1955 7 — 7 #5,113
1948 5 — 5 #6,005