Joretta
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #5,959
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 194 births
- Debut · girls
- 33 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,033since 1930
Joretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Joretta has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,189 | 16 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,250 | 34 |
| 1937 | #1,132 | 40 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,166 | 37 |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 |
| 1932 | #745 | 82 |
| 1931 | #463 | 194 |
| 1930 | #1,320 | 33 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Joretta! It came in at #1,320, and was given to 33 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Joretta is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#342 · 1 in 4,184
- Kentucky#437 · 1 in 4,551
Best ever in a state: #141 in Indiana, 1931.
Show every state
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| Indiana | #342 | 6 | 1 in 4,184 |
| Kentucky | #437 | 6 | 1 in 4,551 |
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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 Joretta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 857 spots in 1931 (#1,320 → #463)
- Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1932 (#463 → #745)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1931 at #463 (194 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1931–1933
- Highest: 1 in 5,488 girls born in 1931 were named Joretta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 190,156 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 53.8% of all girls named Joretta (556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 556 | #463 (1931) | #1,138 |
| 1940s | 148 | #1,404 (1940) | #2,666 |
| 1950s | 192 | #2,016 (1951) | #2,664 |
| 1960s | 112 | #3,189 (1961) | #4,246 |
| 1970s | 25 | #5,413 (1970) | #5,793 |
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.
Joretta in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 34,119 of them was named Joretta, which outranked 74.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,289Vallie34
- #1,289Voncile34
- #1,289Zada34
- #1,320Joretta33
- #1,320Adah33
- #1,320Alexandra33
- #1,320Amie33
- #1,347Ailene32
- #1,347Alethia32
- #1,347Alvena32
Tied with 26 names at #1,320; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.