Retta

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births

Peak · girls
#317
1880 · 25 births
Debut · girls
1880
25 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,399
since 1880

Retta over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #317, 1880girls
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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#11,9327
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022—
2021#11,1468
2020#15,0885
2019—
2018#13,7936
2017#9,34111
2016#14,3316
2015—
2014#16,5135
2013—
2012—
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007—
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001—
2000#15,0315
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992#13,3175
1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986#10,9125
1985#9,3076
1984#6,8109
1983#10,2755
1982—
1981#5,88511
1980#9,0956
1979—
1978#9,7505
1977#8,4446
1976#6,6118
1975#5,51610
1974#5,36010
1973#4,15514
1972#4,52312
1971#3,50818
1970#3,43518
1969#3,61915
1968#2,48225
1967#3,21116
1966#3,74012
1965#2,60522
1964#2,53024
1963#3,06617
1962#2,53923
1961#2,07032
1960#1,81139
1959#1,51651
1958#1,58845
1957#1,75438
1956#1,52049
1955#1,46348
1954#1,34455
1953#1,56539
1952#1,38649
1951#1,21558
1950#1,29450
1949#1,28950
1948#1,42242
1947#1,57636
1946#1,29045
1945#1,11450
1944#1,15346
1943#1,08754
1942#1,22942
1941#1,22238
1940#1,31332
1939#1,10242
1938#1,09143
1937#1,01848
1936#1,13539
1935#99548
1934#87560
1933#1,12339
1932#1,01548
1931#1,19936
1930#1,28934
1929#1,13742
1928#1,08548
1927#1,21341
1926#1,19841
1925#1,32436
1924#1,20643
1923#1,17443
1922#96260
1921#1,20541
1920#1,07448
1919#1,21638
1918#1,12643
1917#1,07943
1916#1,14738
1915#1,02542
1914#1,03433
1913#1,09125
1912#1,03225
1911#85325
1910#91422
1909#86822
1908#79124
1907#70229
1906#81820
1905#69926
1904#71024
1903#60729
1902#61229
1901#53033
1900#53140
1899#52632
1898#54434
1897#56728
1896#53831
1895#49934
1894#54628
1893#52028
1892#54026
1891#49727
1890#50826
1889#51624
1888#44331
1887#39830
1886#40628
1885#38628
1884#43821
1883#39722
1882#37223
1881#40517
1880#31725
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Retta was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Retta
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
  • 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1934 (#1,123 → #875)
  • Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1923 (#962 → #1,174)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #317 (25 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 86 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1911
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,640
  • Highest: 1 in 3,640 girls born in 1880 were named Retta (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 14.2% of all girls named Retta (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s249#317 (1880)#408
1890s294#497 (1891)#529
1900s276#530 (1901)#687
1910s334#853 (1911)#1,052
1920s443#962 (1922)#1,158
1930s437#875 (1934)#1,084
1940s435#1,087 (1943)#1,270
1950s482#1,215 (1951)#1,465
1960s225#1,811 (1960)#2,767
1970s101#3,435 (1970)#5,700
1980s42#5,885 (1981)#8,714
1990s16#11,409 (1990)#12,624
2000s5#15,031 (2000)#15,031
2010s28#9,341 (2017)#13,495
2020s32#11,146 (2021)#13,104

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.

Retta in 1955

girls
#1,463
48 births · 1 in 40,735 girls

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #1,463Retta48
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 40,735 of them was named Retta, which outranked 78.3% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Retta
  1. #1,445Rozanne49
  2. #1,445Stephany49
  3. #1,445Velia49
  4. #1,463Retta48
  5. #1,463Alvina48
  6. #1,463Angelique48
  7. #1,463Arnita48
  8. #1,480Abbe47
  9. #1,480Alfredia47
  10. #1,480Bridgette47

Tied with 16 names at #1,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →