Oretha
- Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411
- Peak · girls
- 1926 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,158since 1910
Oretha over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Oretha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
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| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #2,596 | 20 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,725 | 18 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #3,106 | 12 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,834 | 18 |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,403 | 30 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,220 | 40 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,246 | 38 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 28 |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five girls were named Oretha! It came in at #1,935, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Oretha is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Oretha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Oretha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
Rise & fade · girls
16 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1926 at #1,220 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 29,635
- Highest: 1 in 29,635 girls born in 1926 were named Oretha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 24.2% of all girls named Oretha (280) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 152 | #1,308 (1913) | #1,915 |
| 1920s | 280 | #1,220 (1926) | #1,618 |
| 1930s | 225 | #1,267 (1936) | #1,669 |
| 1940s | 182 | #1,743 (1945) | #2,138 |
| 1950s | 170 | #2,185 (1950) | #2,787 |
| 1960s | 118 | #3,060 (1961) | #4,138 |
| 1970s | 26 | #4,793 (1972) | #7,867 |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,411 (1981) | #10,411 |
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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