How Many People Are Named Rhetta?

376

people named Rhetta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 909,002 people in the US has this name

Based on 621 babies named Rhetta in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#19,649

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#11,311

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Peak Year

1941

18 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: RET-ə
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of RHETT.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Rhetta in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Rhetta alive today is about 59 years old, and 67% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 76 in 2025.

Under 30 56
14.9%
30 to 59 67
17.8%
60 and over 253
67.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Rhetta first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1941, to 18 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Rhetta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,772, in 1895. In 2025 it ranked #11,715.

Girls
Rank in 2025#11,715
Best rank#1,772 (1895)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,586 in the 1940s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Rhetta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Rhetta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.

Texas 5

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