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Oletha

#6,192 most common girls' name of all time · #10,461 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1897–1980

Rank among girls
#6,192
Rank overall
#10,461 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,214
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1923 #1,227
Best rank
#1,224 1913
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
19001920194019601980

Oletha first appears in 1897. 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
1980 5 5 #10,527
1978 9 9 #6,452
1977 6 6 #8,549
1975 7 7 #7,254
1974 10 10 #5,421
1973 10 10 #5,241
1972 13 13 #4,334
1971 13 13 #4,341
1970 10 10 #5,109
1969 13 13 #4,001
1968 6 6 #6,351
1967 14 14 #3,519
1966 11 11 #4,004
1965 7 7 #5,382
1964 9 9 #4,712
1963 14 14 #3,500
1962 5 5 #6,712
1961 18 18 #2,986
1960 6 6 #5,797
1959 14 14 #3,296
1958 8 8 #4,592
1957 13 13 #3,356
1956 6 6 #5,437
1955 8 8 #4,458
1954 9 9 #4,042
1953 12 12 #3,332
1952 14 14 #2,955
1951 10 10 #3,544
1950 5 5 #5,434
1949 14 14 #2,770
1948 9 9 #3,659
1947 5 5 #5,437
1946 8 8 #3,756
1945 12 12 #2,653
1944 15 15 #2,344
1943 15 15 #2,398
1942 11 11 #2,883
1941 14 14 #2,314
1940 10 10 #2,823
1939 12 12 #2,488
1938 21 21 #1,728
1937 14 14 #2,247
1936 11 11 #2,592
1935 21 21 #1,698
1934 23 23 #1,581
1933 22 22 #1,635
1932 25 25 #1,551
1931 29 29 #1,382
1930 27 27 #1,520
1929 22 22 #1,741
1928 33 33 #1,356
1927 25 25 #1,704
1926 38 38 #1,270
1925 39 39 #1,264
1924 30 30 #1,551
1923 41 41 #1,227
1922 33 33 #1,421
1921 36 36 #1,324
1920 32 32 #1,432
1919 37 37 #1,265
1918 34 34 #1,323
1917 33 33 #1,273
1916 25 25 #1,518
1915 31 31 #1,278
1914 20 20 #1,473
1913 22 22 #1,224
1912 12 12 #1,693
1911 10 10 #1,630
1910 14 14 #1,257
1909 8 8 #1,730
1907 10 10 #1,364
1906 8 8 #1,530
1904 8 8 #1,467
1903 5 5 #1,987
1897 5 5 #1,778