Retha

Girl · recorded 1884–2014

  • 2014last recorded
  • 1933best year

Most popular in 1933.

Last recorded in 2014. 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 1884

010621118841917194919822014

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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 113 recorded years as a table
Retha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188447
188538
188762
188956
189053
189127
189242
189361
189458
189573
189684
189798
1898135
1899142
190077
1901201
1902155
1903103
1904167
1905106
1906176
1907170
1908162
1909202
1910182
1911184
1912165
1913163
1914122
1915158
1916153
1917176
1918188
1919188
1920156
1921174
1922179
1923170
1924202
1925172
1926170
1927176
1928173
1929167
1930154
1931179
1932170
1933211
1934197
1935186
1936161
1937182
1938157
1939160
1940171
1941146
1942119
1943124
1944116
1945128
1946102
194790
1948101
1949107
1950110
195198
195294
195385
195483
195585
195671
195774
195874
195962
196065
196160
196264
196350
196439
196545
196639
196739
196840
196929
197027
197118
197225
197320
197419
197517
197612
19778
197810
19799
198014
19819
19826
19839
19847
198510
198610
19877
19886
19897
19906
19915
19923
19933
19943
19953
19983
20013
20143

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Retha 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 2014
5
Rank in 2014
#16,513
How rare
1 in 357,271 girls
Since 1884
10,597

Retha was last recorded in 2014. 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 1933, at 211 per million girls born.

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

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