Girls' name · since 1942
Seretta
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.
- #38,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
38 girls have been named Seretta since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seretta has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1942, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1988.
- #38,298 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 38 born since 1942
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seretta ranks #38,298 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1942, peaking in the 1980s.
- #38,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 38
- born since 1942
- 1980s
- peak decade
Seretta's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Seretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seretta splits its recorded history at 1967: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1942 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1988
- Peak year (1953)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Seretta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Seretta's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Seretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Seretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1953)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1942–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Seretta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.