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.

Retha

#1,559 most common girls' name of all time · #2,696 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1884–2014

Rank among girls
#1,559
Rank overall
#2,696 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
10,597
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1924 #439
Best rank
#431 1901
Girls Boys peak 252/yr
190019201940196019802000

Retha first appears in 1884. 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
2014 5 — 5 #16,587
2001 5 — 5 #15,412
1998 5 — 5 #14,184
1995 5 — 5 #13,452
1994 5 — 5 #13,491
1993 5 — 5 #13,505
1992 6 — 6 #11,780
1991 9 — 9 #8,626
1990 11 — 11 #7,341
1989 13 — 13 #6,180
1988 10 — 10 #7,147
1987 12 — 12 #5,945
1986 17 — 17 #4,562
1985 17 — 17 #4,476
1984 11 — 11 #5,927
1983 15 — 15 #4,699
1982 10 — 10 #6,394
1981 15 — 15 #4,763
1980 23 — 23 #3,516
1979 14 — 14 #4,866
1978 15 — 15 #4,479
1977 12 — 12 #5,238
1976 18 — 18 #3,694
1975 25 — 25 #2,893
1974 28 — 28 #2,630
1973 29 — 29 #2,514
1972 38 — 38 #2,063
1971 30 — 30 #2,489
1970 48 — 48 #1,839
1969 49 — 49 #1,734
1968 65 — 65 #1,392
1967 64 — 64 #1,374
1966 66 — 66 #1,340
1965 79 — 79 #1,211
1964 74 — 74 #1,297
1963 97 — 97 #1,107
1962 125 — 125 #949
1961 121 — 121 #984
1960 132 — 132 #928
1959 125 — 125 #937
1958 148 — 148 #838
1957 152 — 152 #822
1956 142 — 142 #833
1955 167 — 167 #735
1954 161 — 161 #729
1953 159 — 159 #722
1952 175 — 175 #669
1951 177 — 177 #652
1950 189 — 189 #608
1949 183 — 183 #612
1948 172 — 172 #634
1947 159 — 159 #668
1946 161 — 161 #625
1945 167 — 167 #570
1944 154 — 154 #594
1943 173 — 173 #576
1942 161 — 161 #583
1941 176 — 176 #526
1940 196 — 196 #493
1939 175 — 175 #508
1938 173 — 173 #508
1937 194 — 194 #470
1936 167 — 167 #503
1935 195 — 195 #457
1934 206 — 206 #455
1933 213 — 213 #441
1932 181 — 181 #492
1931 191 — 191 #469
1930 173 — 173 #511
1929 186 — 186 #494
1928 199 — 199 #486
1927 210 — 210 #482
1926 201 — 201 #492
1925 209 — 209 #483
1924 252 — 252 #439
1923 205 — 205 #482
1922 215 — 215 #467
1921 214 — 214 #473
1920 187 — 187 #510
1919 213 — 213 #456
1918 218 — 218 #454
1917 190 — 190 #473
1916 160 — 160 #518
1915 155 — 155 #496
1914 93 — 93 #592
1913 102 — 102 #504
1912 92 — 92 #500
1911 77 — 77 #472
1910 72 — 72 #479
1909 70 — 70 #444
1908 54 — 54 #499
1907 54 — 54 #488
1906 52 — 52 #476
1905 31 — 31 #638
1904 46 — 46 #490
1903 27 — 27 #651
1902 41 — 41 #501
1901 48 — 48 #431
1900 23 — 23 #775
1899 33 — 33 #524
1898 35 — 35 #539
1897 23 — 23 #658
1896 20 — 20 #722
1895 17 — 17 #786
1894 13 — 13 #893
1893 13 — 13 #856
1892 9 — 9 #1,063
1891 5 — 5 #1,411
1890 10 — 10 #926
1889 10 — 10 #894
1887 9 — 9 #855
1885 5 — 5 #1,145
1884 6 — 6 #1,018