# Retha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/retha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,597 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 10,597 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 11 | 6,176 |
| 1985 | 17 | 4,600 |
| 1986 | 17 | 4,683 |
| 1987 | 12 | 6,233 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,542 |
| 1989 | 13 | 6,436 |
| 1990 | 11 | 7,735 |
| 1991 | 9 | 9,166 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | 15,219 |
| 1994 | 5 | 15,187 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,192 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,020 |
| 2001 | 5 | 17,352 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,635 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.