Noretta

Peak · girls
1937 · 65 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
381
since 1914

Noretta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Noretta has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #856, 1937girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1970#7,9955
1969#6,6176
1968#7,0165
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1962#3,59213
1961#5,3097
1960#4,7738
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1958#5,4086
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1953#5,6735
1952#4,9086
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1948#4,2057
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1946#3,9947
1945#3,6767
1944#3,1399
1943#3,04010
1942#2,41614
1941#2,84610
1940#3,5037
1939#1,73120
1938#1,28832
1937#85665
1936#3,7016
1935#2,09515
1934#3,1598
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Noretta! It came in at #3,618, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Noretta is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Noretta in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Noretta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 2,845 spots in 1937
  • Biggest drop: 432 spots in 1938
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1937 at #856 (65 births)
  • Births halved by 1938, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1937
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,370
  • Highest: 1 in 16,370 girls born in 1937 were named Noretta (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,629 girls born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 38.3% of all girls named Noretta (146) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,618 (1914)#3,618
1920s33#3,053 (1927)#4,222
1930s146#856 (1937)#2,138
1940s87#2,416 (1942)#3,530
1950s66#3,827 (1959)#4,685
1960s39#3,592 (1962)#5,461
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995

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.

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