Aretha

Girl · recorded 1900–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1968best year

Most popular in 1968.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

016633119001931196219922023

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 110 recorded years as a table
Aretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
190227
190327
190521
190617
190738
190827
190937
191025
191129
191223
191329
191432
191530
191616
191731
191821
191936
192026
192127
192238
192337
192424
192538
192633
192713
192823
192929
193033
193122
193237
193334
193437
193534
193630
193729
193827
193936
194024
194117
194223
194320
194425
194526
194622
194718
194826
194918
195021
195118
195219
195314
195416
195515
195619
195723
195817
195922
196029
196154
196266
196357
196465
196584
196654
1967233
1968331
1969183
1970147
1971142
1972131
1973101
1974104
197580
197666
197759
197852
197940
198033
198132
198230
198320
198424
198515
198620
198716
198815
198912
199013
199111
19929
19937
19948
19955
19975
19984
19996
20003
20013
20024
20063
20084
20104
20113
20133
20173
20183
20214
20224
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Aretha isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
6
Rank in 2023
#13,462
How rare
1 in 267,430 girls
Since 1900
5,656

Aretha was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1968, at 331 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Aretha doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.