Reta

Girl · recorded 1880–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1896best year

Most popular in 1896.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

08917718801910193919691998

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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 112 recorded years as a table
Reta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188055
188353
188538
188635
188867
188995
189079
189159
1892113
189366
1894135
1895120
1896177
1897128
189881
189990
1900107
1901159
1902121
190395
190484
1905127
1906122
1907151
1908147
1909115
1910136
1911100
1912124
191398
1914110
1915134
1916141
1917113
1918113
1919130
1920144
1921121
1922138
1923106
1924134
1925132
1926102
1927121
1928132
1929135
1930151
1931163
1932150
1933166
1934172
1935168
1936144
1937134
1938149
1939152
1940136
1941118
194298
1943118
1944112
194597
1946122
194798
194893
194999
195097
195184
195272
195375
195484
195590
195674
195764
195864
195956
196040
196140
196238
196325
196425
196524
196621
196720
196818
196913
197019
197110
197214
197315
197411
197513
197612
19777
19785
19798
198010
19817
19825
19839
19845
19853
19863
19875
19883
19895
19903
19914
19923
19935
19943
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Reta 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 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#14,122
How rare
1 in 353,389 girls
Since 1880
8,616

Reta was last recorded in 1998. 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 1896, at 177 per million girls born.

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

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