Deretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 86 babies named Deretha between 1924 and 1963, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Deretha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deretha 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 86 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.