Aretta
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,142since 1900
Aretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Aretta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
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| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
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| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,635 | 18 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,947 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,735 | 20 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 |
| 1934 | #2,003 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 |
| 1932 | #1,685 | 21 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,447 | 28 |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 |
| 1926 | #1,667 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 |
| 1919 | #1,393 | 31 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 |
| 1906 | — | |
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| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
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| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aretta! It came in at #1,932, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Aretta is popular in 1923
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#350 · 1 in 2,957
Best ever in a state: #299 in West Virginia, 1933.
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| West Virginia | #350 | 7 | 1 in 2,957 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aretta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1908 at #1,044 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,287 girls born in 1908 were named Aretta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 312,501 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
- 23.8% of all girls named Aretta (272) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 44 | #1,044 (1908) | #1,531 |
| 1910s | 210 | #1,120 (1913) | #1,455 |
| 1920s | 272 | #1,388 (1923) | #1,600 |
| 1930s | 200 | #1,470 (1933) | #1,773 |
| 1940s | 149 | #2,109 (1940) | #2,414 |
| 1950s | 130 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,265 |
| 1960s | 93 | #3,264 (1965) | #4,806 |
| 1970s | 33 | #4,534 (1971) | #6,283 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,392 (1980) | #10,392 |
| 1990s | 6 | #11,509 (1991) | #11,509 |
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.
Aretta in 1923
Top girls' names in 1923
More about 1923
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1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 36,557 of them was named Aretta, which outranked 75.8% 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).
- #1,350Verma34
- #1,350Vernita34
- #1,350Willena34
- #1,388Aretta33
- #1,388Alean33
- #1,388Anabel33
- #1,388Arvella33
- #1,428Abigail32
- #1,428Aiko32
- #1,428Alverda32
Tied with 39 names at #1,388; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.