The table below indicates the number of times the name Retha has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Retha
Use of the Name Retha for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
9,616
1,112
0
0
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Retha has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Retha first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1887, which is the first year shown on the table.
Retha last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1962, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Retha
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1887
843
9
1888
1889
892
10
1890
928
10
1891
1892
1893
858
13
1894
895
13
1895
786
17
1896
724
20
1897
657
23
1898
540
35
1899
524
33
1900
774
23
1901
431
48
1902
500
41
1903
650
27
1904
489
46
1905
638
31
1906
476
52
1907
488
54
1908
498
54
1909
452
69
1910
479
72
1911
471
77
1912
499
92
1913
503
103
1914
590
93
1915
496
155
1916
518
160
1917
472
191
1918
456
216
1919
456
213
1920
511
186
1921
471
215
1922
467
215
1923
481
204
1924
441
251
1925
484
209
1926
493
202
1927
480
212
1928
487
198
1929
494
185
1930
510
174
1931
468
191
1932
492
182
1933
438
215
1934
456
204
1935
459
194
1936
507
165
1937
471
194
1938
508
173
1939
507
175
1940
489
197
1941
531
174
1942
583
162
1943
576
172
1944
591
155
1945
572
166
1946
627
159
1947
668
159
1948
636
171
1949
606
185
1950
615
187
1951
654
177
1952
669
176
1953
720
160
1954
731
160
1955
737
166
1956
828
143
1957
822
153
1958
842
147
1959
940
125
1960
929
132
1961
985
121
1962
952
125
Totals:
9,616
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Retha as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Retha appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 73 times during the last 125 years.