Girls' name · since 1898
Oreta
Oreta has 225 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1925 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Oreta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 225 recorded since 1898.
Oreta has 225 recorded births among girls since 1898, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 1949.
- #18,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 225 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Oreta ranks #18,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 225 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #18,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 225
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Oreta's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Colorado.
Oreta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Oreta's full recorded timeline at 1924, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1898, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1925 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Oreta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1949
- Peak year (1925)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Oreta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (103 births, 46% of the file).
1920s was Oreta's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Oreta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
103 births
- 1930s 39
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 103 births (46% of all-time use).
Oreta by state
Where Oreta concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Colorado | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 225 births nationwide.
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- Oreta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Colorado records the most Oretas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Colorado names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Oreta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~51 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1898–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Oreta 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 August 2026.