Rethel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rethel

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Rethel between 1917 and 1956, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rethel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rethel performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rethel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rethel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rethel 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 88 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.