How Many People Are Named Claretta?
people named Claretta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 869,681 people in the US has this name
Based on 924 babies named Claretta in Social Security records from 1902 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of CLARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Claretta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Claretta alive today is about 73 years old, and 86% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Claretta first appears in the records in 1902 and was given most often in 1943, to 30 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Claretta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,342, in 1906.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,342 (1906) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,992 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Claretta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Claretta were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 11 of those alive today.
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