Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Claretta

#7,448 most common girls' name of all time · #12,494 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1902–1982

Rank among girls
#7,448
Rank overall
#12,494 of 105,966
First appeared
1902
Years on the list
69 of 146
All-time
924
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1943 #1,544
Best rank
#1,413 1906
Girls Boys peak 30/yr
1920194019601980

Claretta first appears in 1902. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1982 5 — 5 #10,640
1977 5 — 5 #9,810
1975 5 — 5 #9,215
1973 5 — 5 #8,564
1971 6 — 6 #7,494
1970 5 — 5 #8,140
1969 11 — 11 #4,476
1968 8 — 8 #5,224
1967 5 — 5 #6,942
1966 6 — 6 #5,939
1965 10 — 10 #4,268
1964 5 — 5 #6,913
1963 11 — 11 #4,076
1962 9 — 9 #4,602
1961 10 — 10 #4,314
1960 10 — 10 #4,255
1959 8 — 8 #4,715
1958 9 — 9 #4,262
1957 9 — 9 #4,275
1956 15 — 15 #3,086
1955 22 — 22 #2,361
1954 11 — 11 #3,563
1953 24 — 24 #2,144
1952 21 — 21 #2,297
1951 21 — 21 #2,208
1950 17 — 17 #2,478
1949 22 — 22 #2,094
1948 24 — 24 #1,981
1947 18 — 18 #2,388
1946 19 — 19 #2,187
1945 11 — 11 #2,809
1944 15 — 15 #2,347
1943 30 — 30 #1,544
1942 21 — 21 #1,885
1941 20 — 20 #1,851
1940 22 — 22 #1,712
1939 21 — 21 #1,712
1938 14 — 14 #2,284
1937 20 — 20 #1,767
1936 19 — 19 #1,778
1935 22 — 22 #1,643
1934 17 — 17 #1,965
1933 10 — 10 #2,767
1932 18 — 18 #1,928
1931 18 — 18 #1,916
1930 13 — 13 #2,502
1929 16 — 16 #2,146
1928 12 — 12 #2,700
1927 24 — 24 #1,753
1926 17 — 17 #2,206
1925 14 — 14 #2,548
1924 12 — 12 #2,885
1923 16 — 16 #2,322
1922 17 — 17 #2,260
1921 16 — 16 #2,343
1920 19 — 19 #2,062
1919 7 — 7 #3,954
1918 20 — 20 #1,938
1917 10 — 10 #3,003
1916 12 — 12 #2,600
1915 12 — 12 #2,467
1914 10 — 10 #2,365
1913 6 — 6 #3,005
1912 5 — 5 #3,175
1911 7 — 7 #2,124
1908 5 — 5 #2,314
1906 9 — 9 #1,413
1904 6 — 6 #1,852
1902 5 — 5 #2,005