Claretta

Girl · recorded 1902–1982

  • 1982last recorded
  • 1906best year

Most popular in 1906.

Last recorded in 1982. 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 Claretta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1902

0153019021922194219621982

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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 69 recorded years as a table
Claretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190219
190422
190630
190815
191117
19129
191310
191413
191512
191611
19179
191817
19196
192016
192113
192214
192313
192410
192512
192614
192720
192810
192914
193012
193117
193217
193310
193416
193521
193618
193719
193813
193919
194019
194117
194216
194322
194411
19458
194612
194710
194814
194913
195010
195112
195211
195313
19546
195511
19567
19574
19584
19594
19605
19615
19625
19636
19643
19656
19664
19673
19685
19697
19703
19714
19733
19753
19773
19823

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Claretta 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 1982
5
Rank in 1982
#10,517
How rare
1 in 338,665 girls
Since 1902
924

Claretta was last recorded in 1982. 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 1906, at 30 per million girls born.

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

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