Raetta — girls' name
98 babies named Raetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Raetta was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Raetta in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Raetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Raetta between 1937 and 1972, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Raetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Raetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Raetta 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 98 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.
Raetta at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Raetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1937
- Peak year (1942)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
98 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 8 births in a single year.
Raetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 44 births that decade — 45% of Raetta's all-time total
Raetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Raetta's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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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, 1937–1972 (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.