Claretha

Where Claretha comes from

Elaborated form of Clare.
— Wiktionary's entry for Claretha
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #2,674 among girls, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #1,330
    29 babies named Claretha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,515.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of African-American usage, most popular in the mid-20th century.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.