Is Eartha a boy or girl name?

Eartha is a girl’s name. Of the 2,952 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 98.9% were girls and 1.1% were boys.

Eartha

Recorded 1905–2020 · United States

Eartha was most popular in 1955, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,602 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,952 people named Eartha.

Eartha over time

Births per year. The dot marks Eartha’s peak in 1955. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Eartha a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Eartha is a girl’s name — 98.9% of the 2,952 Americans given it were girls and 1.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Eartha

Where Eartha is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org