Oretta · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1909

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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 36 recorded years as a table

Oretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1909	14
1912	9
1914	7
1915	10
1916	6
1918	5
1919	6
1920	8
1921	6
1922	4
1923	8
1924	4
1925	4
1926	4
1927	4
1928	4
1929	4
1930	4
1931	6
1933	8
1934	8
1936	5
1937	7
1940	5
1941	4
1942	4
1943	4
1944	6
1945	5
1946	3
1948	3
1952	3
1953	3
1954	3
1956	3
1960	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Oretta 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 1960: 6
Rank in 1960: #5,696
How rare: 1 in 336,990 girls
Since 1909: 221

Oretta was last recorded in 1960. 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 1909, at 14 per million girls born.

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

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