Retta
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 25 births
- Debut · girls
- 25 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,399since 1880
Retta over time
Rank among girls' names. Retta has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 |
| 1956 | #1,520 | 49 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,344 | 55 |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 |
| 1952 | #1,386 | 49 |
| 1951 | #1,215 | 58 |
| 1950 | #1,294 | 50 |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 |
| 1948 | #1,422 | 42 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,114 | 50 |
| 1944 | #1,153 | 46 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 |
| 1942 | #1,229 | 42 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 |
| 1937 | #1,018 | 48 |
| 1936 | #1,135 | 39 |
| 1935 | #995 | 48 |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 |
| 1933 | #1,123 | 39 |
| 1932 | #1,015 | 48 |
| 1931 | #1,199 | 36 |
| 1930 | #1,289 | 34 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,085 | 48 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,198 | 41 |
| 1925 | #1,324 | 36 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 |
| 1922 | #962 | 60 |
| 1921 | #1,205 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,074 | 48 |
| 1919 | #1,216 | 38 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 |
| 1917 | #1,079 | 43 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,032 | 25 |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 |
| 1910 | #914 | 22 |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 |
| 1908 | #791 | 24 |
| 1907 | #702 | 29 |
| 1906 | #818 | 20 |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 |
| 1904 | #710 | 24 |
| 1903 | #607 | 29 |
| 1902 | #612 | 29 |
| 1901 | #530 | 33 |
| 1900 | #531 | 40 |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 |
| 1898 | #544 | 34 |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 |
| 1894 | #546 | 28 |
| 1893 | #520 | 28 |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 |
| 1890 | #508 | 26 |
| 1889 | #516 | 24 |
| 1888 | #443 | 31 |
| 1887 | #398 | 30 |
| 1886 | #406 | 28 |
| 1885 | #386 | 28 |
| 1884 | #438 | 21 |
| 1883 | #397 | 22 |
| 1882 | #372 | 23 |
| 1881 | #405 | 17 |
| 1880 | #317 | 25 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Retta was already there! It came in at #317, and was given to 25 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1979, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Retta is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#437 · 1 in 4,526
Best ever in a state: #286 in Iowa, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Tennessee | #437 | 6 | 1 in 4,526 |
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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 Retta
- 229 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #11,932)
- 3,156 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 248 spots in 1934 (#1,123 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 212 spots in 1923 (#962 → #1,174)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #317 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 86 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1911
- Highest: 1 in 3,640 girls born in 1880 were named Retta (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 14.2% of all girls named Retta (482) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 249 | #317 (1880) | #408 |
| 1890s | 294 | #497 (1891) | #529 |
| 1900s | 276 | #530 (1901) | #687 |
| 1910s | 334 | #853 (1911) | #1,052 |
| 1920s | 443 | #962 (1922) | #1,158 |
| 1930s | 437 | #875 (1934) | #1,084 |
| 1940s | 435 | #1,087 (1943) | #1,270 |
| 1950s | 482 | #1,215 (1951) | #1,465 |
| 1960s | 225 | #1,811 (1960) | #2,767 |
| 1970s | 101 | #3,435 (1970) | #5,700 |
| 1980s | 42 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,714 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,409 (1990) | #12,624 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
| 2010s | 28 | #9,341 (2017) | #13,495 |
| 2020s | 32 | #11,146 (2021) | #13,104 |
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.
Retta in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 28,912 of them was named Retta, which outranked 78.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,181Roseanna42
- #1,181Vickie42
- #1,181Willadean42
- #1,198Retta41
- #1,198Alvena41
- #1,198Arbutus41
- #1,198Dee41
- #1,220Alexandra40
- #1,220Ardys40
- #1,220Armella40
Tied with 21 names at #1,198; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.