Claretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Claretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 924 babies named Claretta between 1902 and 1982, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Claretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Claretta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Claretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Claretta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Claretta 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 924 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.