How Many People Are Named Retha?
people named Retha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 86,352 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,597 babies named Retha in Social Security records from 1884 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
252 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of MARGARETHA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Retha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Retha alive today is about 71 years old, and 83% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 64 and 80 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Retha first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1924, to 252 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Retha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #431, in 1901.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #431 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #480 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Retha alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Retha were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 320 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Retha was given 5.1 times as often in Arkansas, 4.2 times in Oklahoma and 4 times in North Carolina.
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