Oretha · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

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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 65 recorded years as a table

Oretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1910	18
1911	22
1912	13
1913	30
1914	11
1915	13
1916	14
1917	18
1918	23
1919	25
1920	32
1921	27
1922	23
1923	19
1924	22
1925	27
1926	34
1927	15
1928	20
1929	14
1930	27
1931	23
1932	22
1933	21
1934	17
1935	19
1936	31
1937	13
1938	24
1939	15
1940	13
1941	12
1942	10
1943	13
1944	17
1945	18
1946	12
1947	10
1948	12
1949	11
1950	12
1951	7
1952	9
1953	9
1954	8
1955	8
1956	9
1957	4
1958	12
1959	10
1960	6
1961	8
1962	8
1963	5
1964	7
1965	7
1966	3
1967	5
1968	10
1969	5
1971	3
1972	7
1975	3
1976	3
1981	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Oretha 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 1981: 5
Rank in 1981: #10,411
How rare: 1 in 333,612 girls
Since 1910: 1,158

Oretha was last recorded in 1981. 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 1926, at 34 per million girls born.

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

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