Saretha — girls' name
33 babies named Saretha in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Saretha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Saretha in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saretha
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Saretha between 1949 and 1981, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saretha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saretha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saretha 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 33 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.
Saretha at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saretha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1949
- Peak year (1969)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
33 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 7 births in a single year.
Saretha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 17 births that decade — 52% of Saretha's all-time total
Saretha decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Saretha's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% 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, 1949–1981 (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.