Girls' name · since 1927
Rethia
Since 1927, U.S. Social Security records show 37 babies named Rethia, peaking in 1927. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
37 girls have been named Rethia since 1927, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rethia has 37 recorded births among girls since 1927, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1958.
- #38,605 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 37 born since 1927
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rethia ranks #38,605 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1927, peaking in the 1950s.
- #38,605 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 37
- born since 1927
- 1950s
- peak decade
Rethia's 37 recorded births place it above 46.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rethia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rethia's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1947, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1927 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1958
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Rethia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (18 births, 49% of the file).
1950s was Rethia's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Rethia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 18 births (49% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rethia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1927–1958 (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 Rethia 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.