Feminine dossier · first seen 1900

Aretha

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1968

Peak era

1968

Peak births

543

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen X

1900Peak 19682025

Quick answers about Aretha

An estimated 4,230 living Americans are named Aretha.

Aretha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Aretha is approximately 57 years, with most bearers falling between 52 and 61 years old.

Not especially. Aretha has been declining since its 1968 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1968

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

5,656

Aretha last appeared in SSA records in 2023. Across its recorded history, about 5,656 American girls received the name.

Aretha peaked in 1968, when 543 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 5,656 Americans named Aretha since 1900.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1968

1968543 girls named Aretha

20250 (extinct) girls named Aretha

Living profile

4,230

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age57

Core range52–61

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Plateau

A name with moderate spread and no sharp recent move.