Seretta — girls' name
38 babies named Seretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
38 girls have been named Seretta since 1942, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1988.
- 38
- total births
- 1942–1988
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Seretta was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Seretta in 1953 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seretta
The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Seretta between 1942 and 1988, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seretta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Seretta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seretta 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 38 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.
Seretta at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1942
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
38 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1953 with 6 births in a single year.
Seretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 16 births that decade — 42% of Seretta's all-time total
Seretta decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Seretta's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% 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, 1942–1988 (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.