How Many People Are Named Aretha?
people named Aretha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 80,080 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,656 babies named Aretha in Social Security records from 1900 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
543 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly derived from Greek αρετη (arete) meaning "virtue". This name was popularized in the 1960s by American singer Aretha Franklin (1942-).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Aretha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aretha alive today is about 56 years old, and 71% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 51 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aretha first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1968, to 543 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Aretha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #398, in 1968.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #398 (1968) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #725 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aretha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aretha were born in Texas than in any other state: about 268 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aretha was given 6.9 times as often in Mississippi, 4.7 times in Alabama and 4.1 times in Georgia.
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