Claretha
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #12,362
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 29 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,109since 1918
Claretha over time
Rank among girls' names. Claretha 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.
Show data table
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
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| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
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| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,336 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 |
| 1956 | #1,897 | 32 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,660 | 25 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 |
| 1933 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 |
| 1931 | #1,803 | 19 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Claretha! It came in at #2,674, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Claretha is popular in 1918
No state had 5 or more girls named Claretha in 1918, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Claretha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1933 at #1,330 (29 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 31 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 34,756 girls born in 1933 were named Claretha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,710 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Claretha (298) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #2,674 (1918) | #3,744 |
| 1920s | 105 | #2,339 (1927) | #3,147 |
| 1930s | 216 | #1,330 (1933) | #1,690 |
| 1940s | 282 | #1,355 (1941) | #1,646 |
| 1950s | 298 | #1,495 (1950) | #1,958 |
| 1960s | 133 | #2,814 (1962) | #3,853 |
| 1970s | 41 | #5,776 (1974) | #7,457 |
| 1980s | 17 | #8,128 (1981) | #10,304 |
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.
Claretha in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 96,469 of them was named Claretha, which outranked 52.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,519Yukie13
- #2,519Zeda13
- #2,519Zillah13
- #2,674Claretha12
- #2,674Adrian12
- #2,674Albie12
- #2,674Albirda12
- #2,822Ader11
- #2,822Adine11
- #2,822Adra11
Tied with 147 names at #2,674; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.