Rethia — girls' name
37 babies named Rethia in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 girls have been named Rethia since 1927, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 1958.
- 37
- total births
- 1927–1958
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Rethia was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Rethia in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rethia
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Rethia between 1927 and 1958, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rethia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rethia performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rethia shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rethia 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 37 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.
Rethia at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rethia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1927
- Peak year (1927)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
37 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 7 births in a single year.
Rethia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 18 births that decade — 49% of Rethia's all-time total
Rethia decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rethia's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1927–1958 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.