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Joretta

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Joretta is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 464th, in 1931.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1931194 births
Best rank
#464in 1931
Since 1930
1,033people given the name
Babies named Joretta, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,033 girls have been named Joretta in the United States since 1930, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 194 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 194 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1938, and the 1930s alone account for 54%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Joretta
1930s556
1940s148
1950s192
1960s112
1970s25

In 1931, its biggest year

Joretta was the 464th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1931 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Barbara and Joan. See all of 1931.

Names that rose and fell with Joretta

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.