Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Albertha isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Albertha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,145
- 0 boys · 5,145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 147 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 147 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,526 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Albertha’s family of names
In Danish usage, Albertha has a conventional equivalent in the English form Alberta.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Albertha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls