How Many People Are Named Aretta?
people named Aretta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 926,246 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,142 babies named Aretta in Social Security records from 1900 to 1991, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Aretta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Aretta alive today is about 71 years old, and 81% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Aretta first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1923, to 33 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1991.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 1991
🏆 Rank History
Aretta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,048, in 1908.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,048 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,595 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Aretta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Aretta were born in West Virginia than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Aretta was given about 47.3 times as often in West Virginia.
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