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.

Oretha

#6,391 most common girls' name of all time · #10,781 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1910–1981

Rank among girls
#6,391
Rank overall
#10,781 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
1,158
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1926 #1,241
Best rank
#1,241 1926
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
1920194019601980

Oretha first appears in 1910. 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
1981 5 — 5 #10,578
1976 5 — 5 #9,485
1975 5 — 5 #9,233
1972 11 — 11 #4,847
1971 5 — 5 #8,498
1969 9 — 9 #5,133
1968 16 — 16 #3,352
1967 9 — 9 #4,704
1966 5 — 5 #6,728
1965 13 — 13 #3,595
1964 13 — 13 #3,749
1963 9 — 9 #4,629
1962 15 — 15 #3,339
1961 17 — 17 #3,105
1960 12 — 12 #3,759
1959 20 — 20 #2,629
1958 25 — 25 #2,290
1957 9 — 9 #4,293
1956 18 — 18 #2,766
1955 16 — 16 #2,899
1954 16 — 16 #2,822
1953 17 — 17 #2,633
1952 17 — 17 #2,623
1951 12 — 12 #3,183
1950 20 — 20 #2,215
1949 18 — 18 #2,376
1948 20 — 20 #2,219
1947 18 — 18 #2,398
1946 19 — 19 #2,192
1945 23 — 23 #1,773
1944 22 — 22 #1,843
1943 18 — 18 #2,122
1942 14 — 14 #2,477
1941 15 — 15 #2,236
1940 15 — 15 #2,171
1939 16 — 16 #2,096
1938 26 — 26 #1,496
1937 14 — 14 #2,269
1936 32 — 32 #1,290
1935 20 — 20 #1,765
1934 18 — 18 #1,884
1933 21 — 21 #1,707
1932 23 — 23 #1,623
1931 25 — 25 #1,538
1930 30 — 30 #1,426
1929 16 — 16 #2,156
1928 23 — 23 #1,772
1927 18 — 18 #2,150
1926 40 — 40 #1,241
1925 33 — 33 #1,440
1924 28 — 28 #1,637
1923 23 — 23 #1,824
1922 28 — 28 #1,607
1921 33 — 33 #1,435
1920 38 — 38 #1,254
1919 28 — 28 #1,524
1918 27 — 27 #1,561
1917 19 — 19 #1,919
1916 15 — 15 #2,236
1915 13 — 13 #2,363
1914 8 — 8 #2,812
1913 19 — 19 #1,357
1912 7 — 7 #2,576
1911 9 — 9 #1,786
1910 7 — 7 #2,134