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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Joretta

Joretta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 464th with 194 babies. More babies were named Joretta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1931194 babies
Total since 1880
1,033babies recorded

Joretta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#5,5769
1960#4,02811
1950#2,21520
1940#1,42429
1930#1,33433
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Joretta, counting every spelling?

Joretta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Joretta?

About 400 people born in the US named Joretta are alive today, with a median age of 73; half are between 65 and 85. That makes Joretta a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Joretta by state

How common Joretta was among girls born in each state in 1929–1933, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Indiana (6.6×), West Virginia (5.9×), Kentucky (2.5×), North Carolina (2.5×), Ohio (2.3×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWI0.10Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesIN0.45Ohio: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesOH0.16Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesKY0.17West Virginia: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesWV0.40Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNC0.17South Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesSC0.12District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOK0.14Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Joretta, girls, 1929–1933. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Joretta

How popular is the name Joretta?

Joretta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 464th with 194 babies. More babies were named Joretta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Joretta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,033 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Joretta most popular?

In 1929–1933, Joretta was most common in Indiana (0.45 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Kentucky.