Aretta

Girl · recorded 1900–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1908best year

Most popular in 1908.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Aretta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1900

0234519001923194619681991

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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 71 recorded years as a table
Aretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190017
190418
190725
190845
190932
191025
191122
191230
191338
191432
191524
191622
191719
191823
191927
192024
192123
192222
192327
192426
192524
192621
192718
192816
192925
193020
193121
193220
193325
193415
193512
193619
193719
193821
193916
194013
194111
194211
19439
194411
194510
194611
194711
19488
194911
19509
19516
19525
19536
19545
19559
19568
19577
19584
19597
19604
19615
19627
19633
19644
19658
19667
19673
19684
19695
19704
19717
19735
19764
19803
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Aretta 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
6
Rank in 1991
#11,509
How rare
1 in 312,501 girls
Since 1900
1,142

Aretta was last recorded in 1991. 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 1908, at 45 per million girls born.

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

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