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.

Rhetta

#9,642 most common girls' name of all time · #16,048 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1895–2025

Rank among girls
#9,642
Rank overall
#16,048 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
621
Since 2016
37
Peak year
1941 #1,979
Best rank
#1,804 1895
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rhetta first appears in 1895. 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
2025 8 — 8 #10,991
2024 13 — 13 #7,995
2023 5 — 5 #15,292
2022 6 — 6 #13,669
2018 5 — 5 #15,776
2013 5 — 5 #16,657
2012 8 — 8 #12,256
2001 6 — 6 #13,594
1995 5 — 5 #13,503
1990 5 — 5 #13,064
1984 6 — 6 #9,235
1977 7 — 7 #7,663
1974 5 — 5 #8,888
1973 5 — 5 #8,542
1971 12 — 12 #4,573
1970 8 — 8 #5,879
1969 8 — 8 #5,518
1967 11 — 11 #4,105
1965 5 — 5 #6,648
1964 9 — 9 #4,706
1963 14 — 14 #3,497
1962 10 — 10 #4,318
1961 12 — 12 #3,841
1960 14 — 14 #3,389
1959 13 — 13 #3,489
1958 11 — 11 #3,786
1957 12 — 12 #3,539
1956 13 — 13 #3,365
1955 11 — 11 #3,634
1954 13 — 13 #3,202
1953 14 — 14 #2,971
1952 13 — 13 #3,083
1951 16 — 16 #2,610
1950 8 — 8 #4,044
1949 13 — 13 #2,897
1948 18 — 18 #2,355
1947 13 — 13 #2,952
1946 16 — 16 #2,422
1945 7 — 7 #3,751
1944 13 — 13 #2,560
1943 11 — 11 #2,920
1942 14 — 14 #2,457
1941 18 — 18 #1,979
1940 12 — 12 #2,480
1939 10 — 10 #2,804
1938 11 — 11 #2,639
1937 10 — 10 #2,800
1936 7 — 7 #3,484
1934 13 — 13 #2,342
1933 11 — 11 #2,597
1930 6 — 6 #4,145
1928 5 — 5 #4,843
1925 9 — 9 #3,441
1924 6 — 6 #4,547
1923 9 — 9 #3,440
1921 5 — 5 #5,226
1920 6 — 6 #4,513
1919 8 — 8 #3,546
1918 7 — 7 #3,973
1917 6 — 6 #4,175
1916 7 — 7 #3,653
1915 9 — 9 #2,980
1913 5 — 5 #3,345
1905 5 — 5 #2,108
1903 5 — 5 #1,970
1898 5 — 5 #1,893
1895 5 — 5 #1,804