Retta — #13434 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Retta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,391 babies named Retta between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Retta currently holds the #13434 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Retta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 482 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Retta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Retta in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Retta 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 3,391 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.