Rhetta — #7956 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rhetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 613 babies named Rhetta between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rhetta currently holds the #7956 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rhetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rhetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rhetta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rhetta 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 613 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.