Girls' name · since 1928
Arethia
28 babies named Arethia in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1928
- 1960s
- peak decade
Arethia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 28 recorded since 1928.
Arethia has 28 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1971.
- #41,613 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 28 born since 1928
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arethia ranks #41,613 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 28 born since 1928, peaking in the 1960s.
- #41,613 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 28
- born since 1928
- 1960s
- peak decade
Arethia's 28 recorded births place it above 41.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arethia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Arethia's full recorded timeline at 1967, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Arethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1971
- Peak year (1967)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Arethia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (18 births, 64% of the file).
1960s was Arethia's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Arethia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
18 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 18 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Arethia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Arethia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–1971 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Arethia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.