Corretta — girls' name
131 babies named Corretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
49% of everyone ever named Corretta was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Corretta in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Corretta
The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Corretta between 1934 and 1982, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Corretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Corretta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Corretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Corretta 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 131 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.
Corretta at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Corretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1934
- Peak year (1968)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
131 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 29 births in a single year.
Corretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 64 births that decade — 49% of Corretta's all-time total
Corretta decade highlights
- Peak decade 64 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Corretta's strongest decade
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1934–1982 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.