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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Reta

Reta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 451st; the most babies were born in 1946 (192). More babies were named Reta 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
1946192 babies
Total since 1880
8,616babies recorded

Reta 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#12,5346
1980#4,47017
1970#2,34333
1960#1,22680
1950#663166
1940#553156
1930#517170
1920#544172
1910#56354
1900#63232
1890#71715
1880#9215

How popular is Reta, counting every spelling?

Reta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Reta?

About 3,100 people born in the US named Reta are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 67 and 81. That makes Reta 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.

Reta by state

How common Reta was among girls born in each state in 1944–1948, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (5.7×), West Virginia (3.8×), Kansas (2.6×), Missouri (2.5×), Arkansas (2.5×). In 31 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: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesMI0.05New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesOR0.29Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIA0.14Indiana: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesIN0.19Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesCA0.08Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesMO0.26Kentucky: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesKY0.13West Virginia: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesWV0.39Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: 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: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesKS0.27Arkansas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesAR0.26Tennessee: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesTN0.14North Carolina: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNC0.07South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.60 per 1,000 babiesOK0.60Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMS0.08Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesTX0.20Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Reta, girls, 1944–1948. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Reta

How popular is the name Reta?

Reta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1896, when it ranked 451st; the most babies were born in 1946 (192). More babies were named Reta in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Reta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 8,616 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Reta most popular?

In 1944–1948, Reta was most common in Oklahoma (0.60 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Oregon.