Retta Girl
How popular is Retta?
#11,928 girl name in 2025
7 baby girls were named Retta in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
1,215living people named Retta (est.)
71median age of people named Retta
3,399babies named Retta since 1880
1 in 473,620US babies born in 2025
Retta popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #11,928 for girls (▲ 228 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #15,083 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1922 (60 girls) |
| Highest rank | #317 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Retta counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Reata family of names ranked #4,895 for girls in 2025 (#4,944 the year before), with 13 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Reata | 6 | 46% |
| Retta | 7 | 54% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Retta by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 249 | #317 |
| 1890s | 294 | #497 |
| 1900s | 276 | #530 |
| 1910s | 334 | #853 |
| 1920s | 443 | #962 |
| 1930s | 437 | #875 |
| 1940s | 435 | #1,086 |
| 1950s | 482 | #1,214 |
| 1960s | 225 | #1,810 |
| 1970s | 101 | #3,435 |
| 1980s | 42 | #5,884 |
| 1990s | 16 | #11,403 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,024 |
| 2010s | 28 | #9,337 |
| 2020s | 32 | #11,141 |
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Questions
- Is Retta a boy or girl name?
- Retta is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Retta were girls.
- How popular is the name Retta?
- 7 baby girls were named Retta in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
- When was Retta most popular?
- Retta peaked in 1922, when 60 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #317 in 1880.
- How many people are named Retta?
- 3,399 babies have been named Retta in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,215 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 71.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.