Aretha
#2,293 most common girls' name of all time · #3,901 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1900–2023
Rank among girls
#2,293
Rank overall
#3,901 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
5,656
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1968 #398
Best rank
#398 1968
Girls
Boys
peak 543/yr
Aretha first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,549 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,679 |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,555 |
| 2018 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,783 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,009 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,650 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,879 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,514 |
| 2008 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,899 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,279 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,258 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,603 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,131 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,861 |
| 1998 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,214 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,877 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,826 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,351 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,077 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,514 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | 21 | #4,673 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,027 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,134 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,607 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | 27 | #3,345 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,789 |
| 1985 | 26 | — | 26 | #3,340 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,394 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,674 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | 50 | #2,055 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,964 |
| 1980 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,941 |
| 1979 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,717 |
| 1978 | 80 | — | 80 | #1,437 |
| 1977 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,288 |
| 1976 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,177 |
| 1975 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,029 |
| 1974 | 153 | — | 153 | #857 |
| 1973 | 147 | — | 147 | #875 |
| 1972 | 199 | — | 199 | #720 |
| 1971 | 237 | — | 237 | #666 |
| 1970 | 257 | — | 257 | #640 |
| 1969 | 309 | — | 309 | #563 |
| 1968 | 543 | — | 543 | #398 |
| 1967 | 385 | — | 385 | #485 |
| 1966 | 91 | — | 91 | #1,106 |
| 1965 | 148 | — | 148 | #818 |
| 1964 | 123 | — | 123 | #949 |
| 1963 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,021 |
| 1962 | 130 | — | 130 | #932 |
| 1961 | 110 | — | 110 | #1,047 |
| 1960 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,437 |
| 1959 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,651 |
| 1958 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,884 |
| 1957 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,577 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,724 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,952 |
| 1954 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,884 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,992 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,625 |
| 1951 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,720 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,559 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,717 |
| 1948 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,398 |
| 1947 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,707 |
| 1946 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,521 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,393 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,419 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,603 |
| 1942 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,487 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,848 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,459 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,170 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,368 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,321 |
| 1936 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,310 |
| 1935 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,147 |
| 1933 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,238 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,158 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,617 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,245 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | 32 | #1,359 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,573 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,391 |
| 1926 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,255 |
| 1925 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,143 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,556 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,155 |
| 1922 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,140 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,431 |
| 1920 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,462 |
| 1919 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,172 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,673 |
| 1917 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,276 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1915 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,314 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,297 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,395 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,604 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,438 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,619 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | 13 | #1,211 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,532 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,201 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,137 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,890 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,574 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,582 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,145 |