Letha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-tha
- Origin
- Greek
Letha is a girls' name of Greek origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Letha come from?
Greek: short form of Aletha, or from Lethe in Greek myth
Is Letha a girl's or a boy's name?
Letha is a girls' name.
How popular is Letha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 473 girls.
Half of all the girls named Letha in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1947, the years shaded on the chart below.
Letha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,050 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,707 |
| 1977 | 56 | #1,801 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,936 |
| 1975 | 46 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | 55 | #1,667 |
| 1973 | 79 | #1,293 |
| 1972 | 90 | #1,192 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,194 |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1969 | 96 | #1,129 |
| 1968 | 89 | #1,133 |
| 1967 | 131 | #896 |
| 1966 | 162 | #772 |
| 1965 | 185 | #732 |
| 1964 | 170 | #801 |
| 1963 | 158 | #829 |
| 1962 | 171 | #798 |
| 1961 | 169 | #805 |
| 1960 | 180 | #759 |
| 1959 | 202 | #704 |
| 1958 | 171 | #760 |
| 1957 | 157 | #806 |
| 1956 | 214 | #654 |
| 1955 | 172 | #721 |
| 1954 | 156 | #738 |
| 1953 | 165 | #711 |
| 1952 | 134 | #769 |
| 1951 | 132 | #771 |
| 1950 | 159 | #669 |
| 1949 | 154 | #670 |
| 1948 | 167 | #643 |
| 1947 | 205 | #596 |
| 1946 | 149 | #646 |
| 1945 | 160 | #577 |
| 1944 | 185 | #534 |
| 1943 | 170 | #578 |
| 1942 | 164 | #577 |
| 1941 | 190 | #503 |
| 1940 | 196 | #490 |
| 1939 | 194 | #479 |
| 1938 | 212 | #462 |
| 1937 | 224 | #439 |
| 1936 | 214 | #442 |
| 1935 | 222 | #432 |
| 1934 | 248 | #415 |
| 1933 | 235 | #418 |
| 1932 | 250 | #413 |
| 1931 | 249 | #410 |
| 1930 | 296 | #394 |
| 1929 | 296 | #391 |
| 1928 | 307 | #383 |
| 1927 | 327 | #379 |
| 1926 | 397 | #330 |
| 1925 | 383 | #344 |
| 1924 | 401 | #336 |
| 1923 | 401 | #325 |
| 1922 | 398 | #327 |
| 1921 | 428 | #315 |
| 1920 | 429 | #316 |
| 1919 | 450 | #299 |
| 1918 | 473 | #293 |
| 1917 | 442 | #293 |
| 1916 | 445 | #284 |
| 1915 | 452 | #277 |
| 1914 | 347 | #282 |
| 1913 | 313 | #261 |
| 1912 | 261 | #279 |
| 1911 | 225 | #258 |
| 1910 | 202 | #273 |
| 1909 | 191 | #260 |
| 1908 | 198 | #244 |
| 1907 | 181 | #257 |
| 1906 | 169 | #250 |
| 1905 | 174 | #240 |
| 1904 | 155 | #252 |
| 1903 | 165 | #231 |
| 1902 | 159 | #242 |
| 1901 | 147 | #238 |
| 1900 | 182 | #235 |
| 1899 | 129 | #246 |
| 1898 | 157 | #234 |
| 1897 | 140 | #237 |
| 1896 | 128 | #253 |
| 1895 | 117 | #261 |
| 1894 | 95 | #284 |
| 1893 | 106 | #260 |
| 1892 | 107 | #255 |
| 1891 | 82 | #274 |
| 1890 | 89 | #265 |
| 1889 | 59 | #319 |
| 1888 | 63 | #296 |
| 1887 | 45 | #319 |
| 1886 | 50 | #290 |
| 1885 | 43 | #306 |
| 1884 | 48 | #277 |
| 1883 | 29 | #331 |
| 1882 | 40 | #278 |
| 1881 | 31 | #283 |
| 1880 | 25 | #317 |
Names like Letha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lena Leona Loretta Alma Martha Georgia Laura Ada Lenora Helen Lottie Della
Names related to Letha
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Letha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/letha, updated 20 October 2026.