Girls' name · since 1954
Ranetta
114 babies named Ranetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
114 girls have been named Ranetta since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranetta has been recorded 114 times among girls since 1954, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1984.
- #25,728 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1954
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranetta ranks #25,728 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1954, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,728 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1954
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ranetta's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ranetta's full recorded timeline at 1974, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ranetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1984
- Peak year (1964)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ranetta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (47 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Ranetta's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Ranetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
47 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 47 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Ranetta's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 1980s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1954–1984 (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 Ranetta 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.