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.

Deretha

#26,516 most common girls' name of all time · #42,916 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1924–1963

Rank among girls
#26,516
Rank overall
#42,916 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
14 of 146
All-time
86
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1950 #3,840
Best rank
#3,840 1950
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
19401960

Deretha first appears in 1924. 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
1963 8 — 8 #5,053
1962 5 — 5 #6,956
1960 7 — 7 #5,402
1957 5 — 5 #6,490
1954 8 — 8 #4,481
1953 7 — 7 #4,824
1952 5 — 5 #5,969
1950 9 — 9 #3,840
1944 6 — 6 #4,404
1941 5 — 5 #4,879
1940 5 — 5 #4,848
1933 6 — 6 #4,153
1926 5 — 5 #5,513
1924 5 — 5 #5,782