Joretta
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
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
By decade
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.
- Dorlapeak 1930
- Joanpeak 1932
- Rhetapeak 1934
- Ardethpeak 1930
- Bobbyepeak 1931
- Delorespeak 1932
- Dolorespeak 1930
- Arlyspeak 1933
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.