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.
20% of everyone ever named Seretha was born in this single decade.
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 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seretha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1915
- Peak year (1959)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
518 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 15 births in a single year.
Seretha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 106 births that decade — 20% of Seretha's all-time total
Seretha decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Seretha's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% 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, 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.