Girls' name · since 1971
Aretina
34 babies named Aretina in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aretina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aretina has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1987.
- #39,383 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aretina ranks #39,383 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #39,383 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aretina's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aretina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aretina splits its recorded history at 1973: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aretina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1987
- Peak year (1972)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Aretina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (29 births, 85% of the file).
1970s was Aretina's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Aretina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 29 births (85% of all-time use).
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- Aretina's decade-level peak was the 1970s (29 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Aretina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1971–1987 (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 Aretina 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.