Rayetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rayetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 666 babies named Rayetta between 1920 and 1988, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rayetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rayetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rayetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rayetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rayetta 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 666 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.