Girls' name · since 1938
Retia
Retia has 70 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Retia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 70 recorded since 1938.
Retia has 70 recorded births among girls since 1938, 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 1938 to 1960.
- #31,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 70 born since 1938
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Retia ranks #31,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1938, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 70
- born since 1938
- 1950s
- peak decade
Retia's 70 recorded births place it above 56.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Retia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Retia splits its recorded history at 1955: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1938 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1959 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Retia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1960
- Peak year (1959)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Retia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (50 births, 71% of the file).
1950s was Retia's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Retia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 50 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Retia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (50 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Retia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1938–1960 (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 Retia 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.