Teretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Teretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 665 babies named Teretha between 1914 and 1982, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Teretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Teretha in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teretha 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 665 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.