Yetta

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194

Peak · girls
1913 · 149 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,793
since 1880

Yetta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Yetta has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #399, 1913girls
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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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2023#15,1945
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2011—
2010—
2009#15,2426
2008—
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1992—
1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
1989#12,3625
1988#11,7985
1987—
1986—
1985#6,9559
1984#10,4225
1983#7,3128
1982#10,5175
1981#6,32310
1980#4,74315
1979#5,75111
1978#6,3859
1977#6,8928
1976#4,36314
1975#4,14115
1974#5,36010
1973#5,19110
1972#4,30013
1971#4,81011
1970#4,76111
1969#4,72310
1968#4,22211
1967#4,30010
1966#4,8668
1965#3,54913
1964#3,87912
1963#3,80112
1962#3,03317
1961#4,00911
1960#3,68812
1959#2,59620
1958#4,1939
1957#3,15014
1956#4,8377
1955#3,09514
1954#3,15713
1953#3,68710
1952#3,55210
1951#2,39118
1950#3,05212
1949—
1948#5,2435
1947#4,0078
1946#3,6658
1945—
1944#3,3788
1943—
1942#2,66612
1941#3,0309
1940#2,29713
1939#2,59211
1938#3,1818
1937#2,44812
1936#2,68910
1935#2,9269
1934#2,08715
1933#1,51324
1932#1,68521
1931#1,31431
1930#1,18140
1929#1,03250
1928#1,02953
1927#98260
1926#85475
1925#86175
1924#723105
1923#73598
1922#615141
1921#651128
1920#617134
1919#480193
1918#504182
1917#480186
1916#455197
1915#441193
1914#449149
1913#399149
1912#455108
1911#50767
1910#45678
1909#48659
1908#43070
1907#54544
1906#51544
1905#54740
1904#54537
1903#58931
1902#61229
1901#57729
1900#63930
1899#44942
1898#44846
1897#50933
1896#61026
1895#74618
1894#81214
1893#86512
1892#95810
1891#83911
1890#69315
1889#1,0257
1888#8949
1887#9377
1886#8977
1885#8427
1884#1,0245
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Yetta was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1884, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Yetta is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMINew York: #750 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 18,843 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Yetta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#750 · 1 in 18,843

Best ever in a state: #115 in New York, 1913.

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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 Yetta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
  • Biggest jump: 332 spots in 1890 (#1,025 → #693)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1900 (#449 → #639)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1913 at #399 (149 births)
  • Births halved by 1927, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1890–1927
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,192
  • Highest: 1 in 4,192 girls born in 1913 were named Yetta (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 39.6% of all girls named Yetta (1,502) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s49#679 (1880)#900
1890s227#448 (1898)#693
1900s413#430 (1908)#549
1910s1,502#399 (1913)#463
1920s919#615 (1922)#810
1930s181#1,181 (1930)#2,162
1940s63#2,297 (1940)#3,469
1950s127#2,391 (1951)#3,371
1960s116#3,033 (1962)#4,007
1970s112#4,141 (1975)#5,195
1980s62#4,743 (1980)#8,804
1990s11#11,409 (1990)#12,278
2000s6#15,242 (2009)#15,242
2010s0——
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

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.

Yetta in 1942

girls
#2,666
12 births · 1 in 112,560 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #2,666Yetta12
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 112,560 of them was named Yetta, which outranked 50.4% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Yetta
  1. #2,537Yolande13
  2. #2,537Yvonnie13
  3. #2,537Zara13
  4. #2,666Yetta12
  5. #2,666Aldine12
  6. #2,666Alena12
  7. #2,666Alfred12
  8. #2,817Adah11
  9. #2,817Adaline11
  10. #2,817Adelfa11

Tied with 150 names at #2,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →