Jaretta — girls' name
22 babies named Jaretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
22 girls have been named Jaretta since 1957, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1983.
- 22
- total births
- 1957–1983
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Jaretta was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Jaretta in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Jaretta
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Jaretta between 1957 and 1983, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jaretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Jaretta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jaretta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Jaretta 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 22 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.
Jaretta at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Jaretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1957
- Peak year (1965)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
22 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 6 births in a single year.
Jaretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 50% of Jaretta's all-time total
Jaretta decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Jaretta's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1957–1983 (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.