Noretta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Noretta

The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Noretta between 1914 and 1970, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Noretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 65 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Noretta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Noretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Noretta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Noretta 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 381 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.