Girls' name · since 1934
Jeretta
46 babies named Jeretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1934, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 46
- total births
- 1934–1961
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
46 girls have been named Jeretta since 1934, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jeretta has been recorded 46 times among girls since 1934, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1961.
- 46 total births
- 1934–1961 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 37% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Jeretta's 46 recorded births place it above 50% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jeretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jeretta's full recorded timeline at 1945, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1934, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1944 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jeretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1961
- Peak year (1944)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Jeretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Jeretta's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Jeretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
17 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 17 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Jeretta's data
- Jeretta's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1960s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1934–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Jeretta: Baby Name Since 1934 - 46 Births, Peak 1944." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/jeretta. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jeretta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.