Girls' name · since 1958
Renetha
22 babies named Renetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Renetha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 22 recorded since 1958.
Social Security Administration records show Renetha recorded 22 times among girls since 1958, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 1982.
- #44,969 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1958
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Renetha ranks #44,969 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1958, peaking in the 1980s.
- #44,969 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1958
- 1980s
- peak decade
Renetha's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Renetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Renetha's full recorded timeline at 1980, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Renetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1982
- Peak year (1958)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Renetha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
1980s was Renetha's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Renetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Renetha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1958–1982 (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 Renetha 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.