Aretha

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462

Peak · girls
#397
1968 · 543 births
Debut · girls
1900
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,656
since 1900

Aretha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aretha has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #397, 1968girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023#13,4626
2022#13,5926
2021#13,4646
2020—
2019—
2018#15,6825
2017#15,9025
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013#14,5826
2012—
2011#16,7645
2010#13,4487
2009—
2008#13,8327
2007—
2006#17,1685
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002#12,1877
2001#13,5216
2000#15,0315
1999#8,80510
1998#11,1387
1997#9,8028
1996—
1995#8,7669
1994#6,31914
1993#7,03812
1992#5,48417
1991#4,65021
1990#4,00325
1989#4,12123
1988#3,58526
1987#3,33127
1986#2,77934
1985#3,32826
1984#2,38240
1983#2,65933
1982#2,05050
1981#1,95854
1980#1,93655
1979#1,71264
1978#1,43480
1977#1,28691
1976#1,17297
1975#1,026117
1974#855153
1973#874147
1972#718199
1971#665237
1970#639257
1969#563309
1968#397543
1967#483385
1966#1,10291
1965#818148
1964#948123
1963#1,016110
1962#931130
1961#1,044110
1960#1,43059
1959#1,64344
1958#1,87234
1957#1,57047
1956#1,71738
1955#1,94030
1954#1,87531
1953#1,97327
1952#1,61136
1951#1,70132
1950#1,55036
1949#1,69731
1948#1,38644
1947#1,69732
1946#1,50834
1945#1,37434
1944#1,40133
1943#1,59128
1942#1,47131
1941#1,81020
1940#1,44228
1939#1,16039
1938#1,34330
1937#1,30331
1936#1,29631
1935#1,18236
1934#1,13339
1933#1,22434
1932#1,14739
1931#1,59423
1930#1,23237
1929#1,33932
1928#1,54127
1927#2,33915
1926#1,24339
1925#1,13646
1924#1,53330
1923#1,14245
1922#1,12446
1921#1,40933
1920#1,43931
1919#1,15541
1918#1,64524
1917#1,26133
1916#1,94917
1915#1,28530
1914#1,26224
1913#1,35818
1912#1,54013
1911#1,37212
1910#1,52110
1909#1,15213
1908#1,4399
1907#1,14212
1906#1,9515
1905#1,6966
1904—
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
1901—
1900#1,9325
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five girls were named Aretha! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Aretha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 619 spots in 1967 (#1,102 → #483)
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1966 (#818 → #1,102)
Rise & fade · girls
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1968 at #397 (543 births)
  • Births halved by 1970, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1974
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,021
  • Highest: 1 in 3,021 girls born in 1968 were named Aretha (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 35.5% of all girls named Aretha (2,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s64#1,142 (1907)#1,524
1910s222#1,155 (1919)#1,435
1920s344#1,124 (1922)#1,425
1930s339#1,133 (1934)#1,261
1940s315#1,374 (1945)#1,538
1950s355#1,550 (1950)#1,745
1960s2,008#397 (1968)#873
1970s1,442#639 (1970)#1,038
1980s368#1,936 (1980)#2,813
1990s123#4,003 (1990)#7,334
2000s30#12,187 (2002)#14,348
2010s28#13,448 (2010)#15,276
2020s18#13,462 (2023)#13,506

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aretha in 1923

girls
#1,142
45 births · 1 in 26,808 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #1,142Aretha45
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 26,808 of them was named Aretha, which outranked 80.1% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aretha
  1. #1,129Luetta46
  2. #1,129Sherry46
  3. #1,129Vinnie46
  4. #1,142Aretha45
  5. #1,142Antonetta45
  6. #1,142Arletta45
  7. #1,142Clora45
  8. #1,158Allean44
  9. #1,158Charlsie44
  10. #1,158Coral44

Tied with 15 names at #1,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →