How Many People Are Named Reta?
people named Reta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 105,619 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,616 babies named Reta in Social Security records from 1880 to 1998, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
192 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Reta in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Reta alive today is about 72 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 66 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Reta first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1946, to 192 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1998.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 1998
🏆 Rank History
Reta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #451, in 1896.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #451 (1896) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #508 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Reta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Reta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 274 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Reta was given 5.2 times as often in Oklahoma, 3.9 times in West Virginia and 3.5 times in Missouri.
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