Oreta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oreta

The Social Security Administration has registered 225 babies named Oreta between 1898 and 1949, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oreta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1949. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oreta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Oreta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Colorado, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Oreta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oreta 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 225 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.