Girls' name · since 1917
Rether
133 babies named Rether in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rether sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 133 recorded since 1917.
Rether has 133 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1964.
- #24,059 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 133 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rether ranks #24,059 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 133 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #24,059 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 133
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rether's 133 recorded births place it above 66.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by South Carolina.
Rether's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rether splits its recorded history at 1928: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rether popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1964
- Peak year (1923)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Rether by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (74 births, 56% of the file).
1920s was Rether's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Rether births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1920s
1920s
74 births
- 1930s 17
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 22
1940s
22 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 74 births (56% of all-time use).
Rether by state
Where Rether concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 6 | 4.5% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.8% |
6 of 133 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Rether's decade-level peak was the 1920s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- South Carolina records the most Rethers (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. South Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rether: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1917–1964 (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 Rether 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.