Laretha

Girl · recorded 1937–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1971best year

Most popular in 1971.

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 Laretha.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1937

04819371951196419781991

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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 33 recorded years as a table
Laretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19376
19455
19516
19533
19544
19553
19562
19573
19583
19592
19612
19623
19644
19655
19665
19675
19684
19705
19718
19724
19735
19744
19755
19763
19777
19785
19794
19834
19853
19863
19873
19893
19914

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Laretha 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 1991
7
Rank in 1991
#10,271
How rare
1 in 267,858 girls
Since 1937
227

Laretha 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 1971, at 8 per million girls born.

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

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