# Eartha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eartha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɝθə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,952 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 32 / 2,920 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

19th-century coinage from earth + -a. Best known for the American singer Eartha Kitt.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 6 | 7,962 |
| 1975 | 11 | 5,243 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,194 |
| 1977 | 14 | 4,720 |
| 1978 | 11 | 5,659 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,277 |
| 1980 | 8 | 7,605 |
| 1981 | 5 | 10,861 |
| 1982 | 13 | 5,291 |
| 1983 | 6 | 9,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | 9,879 |
| 1988 | 6 | 10,737 |
| 1992 | 5 | 13,923 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,846 |
| 2020 | 5 | 15,769 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925 | 6 | 3,861 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,795 |
| 1938 | 5 | 3,668 |
| 1943 | 5 | 3,684 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,212 |
| 1953 | 5 | 3,965 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Eartha

- Eartha Kitt, American singer and actress (1927–2008)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.