Pretto — girls' name
5 babies named Pretto in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Pretto was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Pretto in 1914 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Pretto
The Social Security Administration has registered 5 babies named Pretto between 1914 and 1914, spanning 1 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Pretto currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1914. The name reached its historical peak in 1914, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Pretto performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Pretto in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Pretto 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 5 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.
Pretto at a glance
Last recorded 1914Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pretto popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1914
- Peak year (1914)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 1 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1914.
5 total births across 1 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1914 with 5 births in a single year.
Pretto by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 5 births that decade — 100% of Pretto's all-time total
Pretto decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Pretto's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Pretto by state
Where Pretto concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 100.0% |
5 of 5 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 100.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 100.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–1914 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.