Ireta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ireta

The Social Security Administration has registered 448 babies named Ireta between 1903 and 1960, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ireta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ireta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ireta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ireta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ireta 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 448 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.