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.

Reta

#1,795 most common girls' name of all time · #3,078 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–1998

Rank among girls
#1,795
Rank overall
#3,078 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
8,616
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1946 #580
Best rank
#452 1896
Girls Boys peak 192/yr
188019001920194019601980

Reta is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1998 5 — 5 #14,148
1994 6 — 6 #11,795
1993 9 — 9 #8,731
1992 5 — 5 #13,336
1991 7 — 7 #10,285
1990 6 — 6 #11,424
1989 9 — 9 #8,053
1988 6 — 6 #10,408
1987 8 — 8 #7,999
1986 6 — 6 #9,570
1985 5 — 5 #10,697
1984 9 — 9 #6,825
1983 15 — 15 #4,689
1982 9 — 9 #6,903
1981 11 — 11 #5,895
1980 17 — 17 #4,338
1979 13 — 13 #5,105
1978 8 — 8 #6,962
1977 11 — 11 #5,545
1976 17 — 17 #3,821
1975 19 — 19 #3,519
1974 16 — 16 #3,872
1973 22 — 22 #3,022
1972 21 — 21 #3,070
1971 17 — 17 #3,658
1970 33 — 33 #2,312
1969 22 — 22 #2,852
1968 30 — 30 #2,208
1967 33 — 33 #2,044
1966 36 — 36 #1,920
1965 43 — 43 #1,718
1964 47 — 47 #1,687
1963 49 — 49 #1,627
1962 74 — 74 #1,285
1961 81 — 81 #1,225
1960 80 — 80 #1,221
1959 113 — 113 #994
1958 129 — 129 #902
1957 131 — 131 #894
1956 148 — 148 #816
1955 175 — 175 #715
1954 163 — 163 #723
1953 141 — 141 #772
1952 133 — 133 #779
1951 151 — 151 #711
1950 166 — 166 #662
1949 170 — 170 #638
1948 158 — 158 #665
1947 174 — 174 #634
1946 192 — 192 #580
1945 127 — 127 #652
1944 149 — 149 #602
1943 164 — 164 #589
1942 132 — 132 #649
1941 142 — 142 #590
1940 156 — 156 #551
1939 167 — 167 #519
1938 164 — 164 #529
1937 143 — 143 #568
1936 150 — 150 #531
1935 176 — 176 #476
1934 180 — 180 #478
1933 167 — 167 #493
1932 160 — 160 #517
1931 174 — 174 #490
1930 170 — 170 #516
1929 151 — 151 #557
1928 152 — 152 #573
1927 144 — 144 #590
1926 121 — 121 #659
1925 161 — 161 #564
1924 167 — 167 #562
1923 128 — 128 #656
1922 166 — 166 #553
1921 149 — 149 #593
1920 172 — 172 #543
1919 147 — 147 #572
1918 131 — 131 #619
1917 122 — 122 #620
1916 147 — 147 #548
1915 132 — 132 #562
1914 84 — 84 #632
1913 61 — 61 #670
1912 69 — 69 #589
1911 42 — 42 #673
1910 54 — 54 #562
1909 40 — 40 #620
1908 49 — 49 #525
1907 48 — 48 #519
1906 36 — 36 #599
1905 37 — 37 #578
1904 23 — 23 #740
1903 25 — 25 #674
1902 32 — 32 #589
1901 38 — 38 #496
1900 32 — 32 #629
1899 21 — 21 #695
1898 21 — 21 #733
1897 30 — 30 #551
1896 42 — 42 #452
1895 28 — 28 #573
1894 30 — 30 #534
1893 14 — 14 #811
1892 24 — 24 #572
1891 11 — 11 #855
1890 15 — 15 #714
1889 17 — 17 #637
1888 12 — 12 #772
1886 5 — 5 #1,140
1885 5 — 5 #1,075
1883 6 — 6 #856
1880 5 — 5 #921