Oretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Oretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,158 babies named Oretha between 1910 and 1981, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Oretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Oretha performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Oretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Oretha in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Oretha 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 1,158 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.