Joretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Joretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,033 babies named Joretta between 1930 and 1972, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Joretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 194 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Joretta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 556 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Joretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Joretta in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Joretta 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 1,033 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.