Girls' name · since 1912
Arretta
240 babies named Arretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arretta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 240 recorded since 1912.
Social Security Administration records show Arretta recorded 240 times among girls since 1912, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 1966.
- #17,969 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 240 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Arretta ranks #17,969 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 240 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 240
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Arretta's 240 recorded births place it above 75.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Arretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Arretta splits its recorded history at 1931: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Arretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–1966
- Peak year (1915)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Arretta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (71 births, 30% of the file).
1920s was Arretta's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Arretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
54 births
- 1920s
1920s
71 births
- 1930s
1930s
56 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 71 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Arretta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1960s -- 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 Arretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1912–1966 (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 Arretta 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.