Joretta

Girl · recorded 1930–1972

  • 1972last recorded
  • 1931best year

Most popular in 1931.

Last recorded in 1972. 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 Joretta.

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Its story

Popularity since 1930

09118219301941195119621972

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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 43 recorded years as a table
Joretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
193029
1931182
193277
193356
193435
193532
193625
193738
193831
193918
194025
194111
194216
19437
194411
19459
194613
19474
19487
19495
195012
195113
195211
195311
195413
195511
195610
19578
19588
19593
19605
19618
19624
19635
19648
19657
19665
19678
19684
19698
19705
19715
19725

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Joretta 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 1972
8
Rank in 1972
#5,959
How rare
1 in 190,155 girls
Since 1930
1,033

Joretta was last recorded in 1972. 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 1931, at 182 per million girls born.

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

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