Lethia
Recorded 1886–2004 · United States
Lethia was most popular in 1917, when 24 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,845 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 987 people named Lethia.
Lethia over time
How old is the name Lethia?
Lethia first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1886, which makes it about 139 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 88 of the 140 years since. It was last recorded in 2004.
How many people are named Lethia?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 987 American births named Lethia between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 347 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lethia in 2025?
Lethia was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Lethia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lethia is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 987 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.
How old is someone named Lethia?
Roughly 347 Americans named Lethia are alive today — 35% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 67 years old, and half are between 59 and 77.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org