Reta
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122
- Peak · girls
- 1896 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,616since 1880
Reta over time
Rank among girls' names. Reta 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.
Show data table
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| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 |
| 1961 | #1,224 | 81 |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 |
| 1959 | #993 | 113 |
| 1958 | #900 | 129 |
| 1957 | #894 | 131 |
| 1956 | #816 | 148 |
| 1955 | #714 | 175 |
| 1954 | #722 | 163 |
| 1953 | #772 | 141 |
| 1952 | #775 | 133 |
| 1951 | #710 | 151 |
| 1950 | #662 | 166 |
| 1949 | #636 | 170 |
| 1948 | #665 | 158 |
| 1947 | #633 | 174 |
| 1946 | #580 | 192 |
| 1945 | #651 | 127 |
| 1944 | #602 | 149 |
| 1943 | #588 | 164 |
| 1942 | #648 | 132 |
| 1941 | #589 | 142 |
| 1940 | #550 | 156 |
| 1939 | #519 | 167 |
| 1938 | #527 | 164 |
| 1937 | #568 | 143 |
| 1936 | #530 | 150 |
| 1935 | #475 | 176 |
| 1934 | #477 | 180 |
| 1933 | #491 | 167 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 |
| 1931 | #490 | 174 |
| 1930 | #515 | 170 |
| 1929 | #557 | 151 |
| 1928 | #573 | 152 |
| 1927 | #588 | 144 |
| 1926 | #655 | 121 |
| 1925 | #564 | 161 |
| 1924 | #560 | 167 |
| 1923 | #654 | 128 |
| 1922 | #552 | 166 |
| 1921 | #592 | 149 |
| 1920 | #543 | 172 |
| 1919 | #569 | 147 |
| 1918 | #618 | 131 |
| 1917 | #620 | 122 |
| 1916 | #547 | 147 |
| 1915 | #559 | 132 |
| 1914 | #629 | 84 |
| 1913 | #667 | 61 |
| 1912 | #582 | 69 |
| 1911 | #667 | 42 |
| 1910 | #560 | 54 |
| 1909 | #614 | 40 |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 |
| 1907 | #517 | 48 |
| 1906 | #595 | 36 |
| 1905 | #570 | 37 |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 |
| 1903 | #666 | 25 |
| 1902 | #583 | 32 |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 |
| 1900 | #624 | 32 |
| 1899 | #680 | 21 |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 |
| 1897 | #537 | 30 |
| 1896 | #448 | 42 |
| 1895 | #565 | 28 |
| 1894 | #527 | 30 |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 |
| 1892 | #565 | 24 |
| 1891 | #839 | 11 |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 |
| 1889 | #620 | 17 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Reta was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Reta is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#174 · 1 in 1,099
- West Virginia#261 · 1 in 2,276
- Kansas#284 · 1 in 2,634
- Arkansas#303 · 1 in 2,336
- Missouri#335 · 1 in 3,731
Best ever in a state: #106 in Utah, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #174 | 21 | 1 in 1,099 |
| West Virginia | #261 | 11 | 1 in 2,276 |
| Kansas | #284 | 7 | 1 in 2,634 |
| Arkansas | #303 | 10 | 1 in 2,336 |
| Missouri | #335 | 11 | 1 in 3,731 |
| Iowa | #339 | 7 | 1 in 4,057 |
| Kentucky | #411 | 7 | 1 in 5,185 |
| Tennessee | #423 | 8 | 1 in 5,017 |
| Indiana | #439 | 7 | 1 in 6,139 |
| Texas | #569 | 16 | 1 in 5,732 |
| Michigan | #676 | 5 | 1 in 14,542 |
| California | #764 | 9 | 1 in 12,543 |
| New York | #910 | 6 | 1 in 25,070 |
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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 Reta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1892 (#839 → #565)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1893 (#565 → #794)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1896 at #448 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 74 yrs · run 1888–1959
- Highest: 1 in 5,665 girls born in 1896 were named Reta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 19.2% of all girls named Reta (1,651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 50 | #620 (1889) | #864 |
| 1890s | 236 | #448 (1896) | #637 |
| 1900s | 360 | #487 (1901) | #590 |
| 1910s | 989 | #547 (1916) | #602 |
| 1920s | 1,511 | #543 (1920) | #584 |
| 1930s | 1,651 | #475 (1935) | #511 |
| 1940s | 1,564 | #550 (1940) | #614 |
| 1950s | 1,450 | #662 (1950) | #796 |
| 1960s | 495 | #1,220 (1960) | #1,776 |
| 1970s | 177 | #2,307 (1970) | #4,080 |
| 1980s | 95 | #4,327 (1980) | #7,523 |
| 1990s | 38 | #8,719 (1993) | #11,603 |
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.
Reta in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
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1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 10,188 of them was named Reta, which outranked 89.6% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).