Aretha
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1968
543 babies recorded as girls
Popularity over time
Babies given the name per 1,000 girls or boys recorded that year, 1880–2025.
Recorded as girls
Aretha was most popular in 1968, when 543 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.33 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Aretha in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,462 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,592 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 13,464 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 15,682 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 15,902 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,582 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 16,764 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,448 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 13,832 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 5 | 17,168 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,187 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,521 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 15,031 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 8,805 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 11,138 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 8 | 9,802 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 8,766 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 14 | 6,319 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 12 | 7,038 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | 5,484 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 21 | 4,650 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 25 | 4,003 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 23 | 4,121 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | 3,585 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 27 | 3,331 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 34 | 2,779 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 26 | 3,328 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 40 | 2,382 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 33 | 2,659 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 50 | 2,050 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 54 | 1,958 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 55 | 1,936 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 64 | 1,712 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 80 | 1,434 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 91 | 1,286 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 97 | 1,172 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 117 | 1,026 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 153 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 147 | 874 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 199 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 237 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 257 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 309 | 563 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 543 | 397 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 385 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 91 | 1,102 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 148 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 123 | 948 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 110 | 1,016 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 130 | 931 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 110 | 1,044 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 59 | 1,430 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 44 | 1,643 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 34 | 1,872 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 47 | 1,570 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 38 | 1,717 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 30 | 1,940 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 31 | 1,875 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 27 | 1,973 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 36 | 1,611 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 32 | 1,701 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 36 | 1,550 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 31 | 1,697 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 44 | 1,386 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 32 | 1,697 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 34 | 1,508 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 34 | 1,374 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 33 | 1,401 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 28 | 1,591 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 31 | 1,471 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 20 | 1,810 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 28 | 1,442 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 39 | 1,160 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 30 | 1,343 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 31 | 1,303 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 31 | 1,296 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 36 | 1,182 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 39 | 1,133 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 34 | 1,224 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 39 | 1,147 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 23 | 1,594 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 37 | 1,232 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 32 | 1,339 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 27 | 1,541 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 15 | 2,339 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 39 | 1,243 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 46 | 1,136 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 30 | 1,533 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 45 | 1,142 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 46 | 1,124 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 33 | 1,409 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 31 | 1,439 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 41 | 1,155 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 24 | 1,645 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 33 | 1,261 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 17 | 1,949 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 30 | 1,285 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 24 | 1,262 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 18 | 1,358 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 13 | 1,540 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 12 | 1,372 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | 1,521 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | 1,152 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | 1,439 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 12 | 1,142 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | 1,951 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 6 | 1,696 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 7 | 1,440 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 7 | 1,438 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 1,932 | <5 | — |
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