Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Retta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Retta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1922

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19222024

Peak year

1922

Decline from peak

90%

2024

All-time

3,391

Retta has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1922, when 60 girls were named Retta.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 90% from its peak.

All told, about 3,391 Americans have been named Retta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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