Girls' name · since 1952
Varetta
63 babies named Varetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Varetta is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 63 have been recorded since 1952.
Varetta has 63 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1980.
- #32,403 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 63 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Varetta ranks #32,403 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #32,403 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 63
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Varetta's 63 recorded births place it above 55.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Varetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Varetta's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Varetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1980
- Peak year (1956)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1980.
63 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 18 births in a single year.
Varetta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (57 births, 90% of the file).
1950s was Varetta's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Varetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
57 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 57 births (90% of all-time use).
Varetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Varetta's data
- Varetta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Varetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1952–1980 (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 Varetta 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.
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