Aretha
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 543 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,656since 1900
Aretha over time
Rank among girls' names. Aretha has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1989 | #4,121 | 23 |
| 1988 | #3,585 | 26 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 |
| 1985 | #3,328 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 |
| 1982 | #2,050 | 50 |
| 1981 | #1,958 | 54 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,712 | 64 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 |
| 1974 | #855 | 153 |
| 1973 | #874 | 147 |
| 1972 | #718 | 199 |
| 1971 | #665 | 237 |
| 1970 | #639 | 257 |
| 1969 | #563 | 309 |
| 1968 | #397 | 543 |
| 1967 | #483 | 385 |
| 1966 | #1,102 | 91 |
| 1965 | #818 | 148 |
| 1964 | #948 | 123 |
| 1963 | #1,016 | 110 |
| 1962 | #931 | 130 |
| 1961 | #1,044 | 110 |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,386 | 44 |
| 1947 | #1,697 | 32 |
| 1946 | #1,508 | 34 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,303 | 31 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 39 |
| 1933 | #1,224 | 34 |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #1,232 | 37 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #1,243 | 39 |
| 1925 | #1,136 | 46 |
| 1924 | #1,533 | 30 |
| 1923 | #1,142 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 |
| 1919 | #1,155 | 41 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #1,285 | 30 |
| 1914 | #1,262 | 24 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #1,540 | 13 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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.
Where Aretha is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#454 · 1 in 4,801
- Alabama#493 · 1 in 6,436
- Georgia#506 · 1 in 7,133
Best ever in a state: #134 in Alabama, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #454 | 5 | 1 in 4,801 |
| Alabama | #493 | 5 | 1 in 6,436 |
| Georgia | #506 | 5 | 1 in 7,133 |
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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 Aretha
- 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)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1968 at #397 (543 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1974
- 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%)
- 35.5% of all girls named Aretha (2,008) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 64 | #1,142 (1907) | #1,524 |
| 1910s | 222 | #1,155 (1919) | #1,435 |
| 1920s | 344 | #1,124 (1922) | #1,425 |
| 1930s | 339 | #1,133 (1934) | #1,261 |
| 1940s | 315 | #1,374 (1945) | #1,538 |
| 1950s | 355 | #1,550 (1950) | #1,745 |
| 1960s | 2,008 | #397 (1968) | #873 |
| 1970s | 1,442 | #639 (1970) | #1,038 |
| 1980s | 368 | #1,936 (1980) | #2,813 |
| 1990s | 123 | #4,003 (1990) | #7,334 |
| 2000s | 30 | #12,187 (2002) | #14,348 |
| 2010s | 28 | #13,448 (2010) | #15,276 |
| 2020s | 18 | #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 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 40,219 of them was named Aretha, which outranked 73.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,381Savannah34
- #1,381Sherril34
- #1,381Verdie34
- #1,401Aretha33
- #1,401Almeda33
- #1,401Bethel33
- #1,401Blanch33
- #1,433Abby32
- #1,433Arla32
- #1,433Bernetta32
Tied with 31 names at #1,401; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.