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.

Retta

#3,175 most common girls' name of all time · #5,433 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#3,175
Rank overall
#5,433 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
118 of 146
All-time
3,399
Since 2016
55
Peak year
1922 #962
Best rank
#324 1880
Girls Boys peak 60/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Retta 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
2025 7 — 7 #11,935
2024 7 — 7 #12,164
2023 5 — 5 #15,199
2021 8 — 8 #11,150
2020 5 — 5 #15,092
2018 6 — 6 #13,793
2017 11 — 11 #9,343
2016 6 — 6 #14,335
2014 5 — 5 #16,516
2000 5 — 5 #15,033
1992 5 — 5 #13,318
1991 5 — 5 #13,152
1990 6 — 6 #11,411
1986 5 — 5 #10,918
1985 6 — 6 #9,310
1984 9 — 9 #6,813
1983 5 — 5 #10,281
1981 11 — 11 #5,888
1980 6 — 6 #9,100
1978 5 — 5 #9,753
1977 6 — 6 #8,447
1976 8 — 8 #6,617
1975 10 — 10 #5,518
1974 10 — 10 #5,366
1973 14 — 14 #4,156
1972 12 — 12 #4,526
1971 18 — 18 #3,511
1970 18 — 18 #3,438
1969 15 — 15 #3,621
1968 25 — 25 #2,483
1967 16 — 16 #3,212
1966 12 — 12 #3,742
1965 22 — 22 #2,605
1964 24 — 24 #2,531
1963 17 — 17 #3,067
1962 23 — 23 #2,540
1961 32 — 32 #2,072
1960 39 — 39 #1,811
1959 51 — 51 #1,518
1958 45 — 45 #1,588
1957 38 — 38 #1,754
1956 49 — 49 #1,521
1955 48 — 48 #1,465
1954 55 — 55 #1,345
1953 39 — 39 #1,565
1952 49 — 49 #1,387
1951 58 — 58 #1,217
1950 50 — 50 #1,295
1949 50 — 50 #1,289
1948 42 — 42 #1,423
1947 36 — 36 #1,577
1946 45 — 45 #1,290
1945 50 — 50 #1,114
1944 46 — 46 #1,155
1943 54 — 54 #1,088
1942 42 — 42 #1,231
1941 38 — 38 #1,223
1940 32 — 32 #1,315
1939 42 — 42 #1,105
1938 43 — 43 #1,093
1937 48 — 48 #1,020
1936 39 — 39 #1,136
1935 48 — 48 #996
1934 60 — 60 #875
1933 39 — 39 #1,124
1932 48 — 48 #1,016
1931 36 — 36 #1,200
1930 34 — 34 #1,289
1929 42 — 42 #1,140
1928 48 — 48 #1,085
1927 41 — 41 #1,213
1926 41 — 41 #1,198
1925 36 — 36 #1,324
1924 43 — 43 #1,206
1923 43 — 43 #1,175
1922 60 — 60 #962
1921 41 — 41 #1,205
1920 48 — 48 #1,074
1919 38 — 38 #1,216
1918 43 — 43 #1,126
1917 43 — 43 #1,080
1916 38 — 38 #1,147
1915 42 — 42 #1,026
1914 33 — 33 #1,034
1913 25 — 25 #1,091
1912 25 — 25 #1,032
1911 25 — 25 #853
1910 22 — 22 #914
1909 22 — 22 #868
1908 24 — 24 #791
1907 29 — 29 #704
1906 20 — 20 #818
1905 26 — 26 #699
1904 24 — 24 #711
1903 29 — 29 #607
1902 29 — 29 #612
1901 33 — 33 #530
1900 40 — 40 #534
1899 32 — 32 #526
1898 34 — 34 #545
1897 28 — 28 #567
1896 31 — 31 #539
1895 34 — 34 #500
1894 28 — 28 #547
1893 28 — 28 #520
1892 26 — 26 #542
1891 27 — 27 #498
1890 26 — 26 #508
1889 24 — 24 #516
1888 31 — 31 #443
1887 30 — 30 #400
1886 28 — 28 #407
1885 28 — 28 #386
1884 21 — 21 #440
1883 22 — 22 #398
1882 23 — 23 #372
1881 17 — 17 #406
1880 25 — 25 #324