How popular is the name Retha?

Retha ranks 1,354th among girls' names in US records, with 10,597 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 5.

Is Retha a unisex name?

No. Retha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1924, when 252 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2014.

Girl name#1,354 of girl names

Pronounced R EH1 T HH AA1 (ARPABET)

Retha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 10,597 children — the 1,354th most common girls' name on record.

It has left circulation; 2014 is the last year it appears. Its best single year was 1924, when 252 children were given it.

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Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Retha?: Retha ranks 1,354th among girls' names in US records, with 10,597 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 5.
Is Retha a unisex name?: No. Retha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Retha most popular?: 1924, when 252 children were given the name. It last appears in the record in 2014.