Noreta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Noreta

The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Noreta between 1935 and 1942, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noreta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1942. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noreta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Noreta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Noreta in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noreta 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 91 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.