Recorded 1915–1989 Girls' name Peak 1959 518 births

Seretha — girls' name

518 babies named Seretha in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s241920s581930s491940s691950s811960s1061970s771980s54
1960s
Peak decade

20% of everyone ever named Seretha was born in this single decade.

1959
Single peak year

15 babies were named Seretha in 1959 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Seretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 518 babies named Seretha between 1915 and 1989, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seretha performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Seretha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seretha 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 518 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.

Seretha at a glance

Last recorded 1989

Total births

518

Since 1915

75 years of records

Peak year

1959

15 births that year

Strongest decade: 1960s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1989

Active since

1915

Recorded for 75 years

Last year on file: 1989

Seretha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1915

Last recorded 1989
Peak year (1959)
15
Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
05101520 198919791971196319551946193719261915 6

Seretha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1960s
Peak decade
1960s
106 births that decade — 20% of Seretha's all-time total
1910s241920s581930s491940s691950s811960s1061970s771980s54

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Seretha?
518 babies have been named Seretha since 1915. It was last recorded in 1989. The peak year was 1959 with 15 births.
When was Seretha most popular?
Seretha was most popular in the 1960s decade with 106 total births. The single peak year was 1959.
How long has the name Seretha been used?
Seretha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 75 years of data through 1989.
What names are similar to Seretha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Serenity, Serena, Serina, Seraphina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1915–1989 (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.