Claretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Claretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,109 babies named Claretha between 1918 and 1989, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Claretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 298 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Claretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 187 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Claretha in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claretha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.