Reta

Where Reta comes from

The dictionaries list Reta as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #836 among girls — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1896
    Peak, #448
    42 babies named Reta — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1898
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #719.
  4. 1936
    Reta Beebe born
    American astronomer and author
  5. 1952
    Reta Jo Lewis born
    American diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Reta Beebe · American astronomer and author, born 1936
  • Reta Jo Lewis · American diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman, born 1952

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.