Aretha is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1968 and has since faded.
Aretha is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2023. Aretha was first reported in SSA data in 1900 and peaked in 1968 (543 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #13,625 |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | #13,770 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | #13,650 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | #15,947 |
| 2017 | 5 | 5 | #16,148 |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | #14,805 |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #17,050 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #13,622 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | #14,003 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #17,448 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #12,335 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #13,684 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #15,262 |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #8,864 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7 | #11,240 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | #9,887 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #8,829 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #6,348 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | #7,070 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,500 |
| 1991 | 21 | — | #4,664 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #4,011 |
| 1989 | 23 | — | #4,128 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,591 |
| 1987 | 27 | — | #3,341 |
| 1986 | 34 | — | #2,782 |
| 1985 | 26 | — | #3,331 |
| 1984 | 40 | — | #2,384 |
| 1983 | 33 | — | #2,663 |
| 1982 | 50 | — | #2,053 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | #1,959 |
| 1980 | 55 | — | #1,937 |
| 1979 | 64 | — | #1,715 |
| 1978 | 80 | — | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 91 | — | #1,286 |
| 1976 | 97 | — | #1,173 |
| 1975 | 117 | — | #1,026 |
| 1974 | 153 | — | #855 |
| 1973 | 147 | — | #875 |
| 1972 | 199 | — | #718 |
| 1971 | 237 | — | #665 |
| 1970 | 257 | — | #639 |
| 1969 | 309 | — | #563 |
| 1968 | 543 | — | #398 |
| 1967 | 385 | — | #484 |
| 1966 | 91 | — | #1,102 |
| 1965 | 148 | — | #818 |
| 1964 | 123 | — | #948 |
| 1963 | 110 | — | #1,016 |
| 1962 | 130 | — | #931 |
| 1961 | 110 | — | #1,045 |
| 1960 | 59 | — | #1,431 |
| 1959 | 44 | — | #1,645 |
| 1958 | 34 | — | #1,874 |
| 1957 | 47 | — | #1,571 |
| 1956 | 38 | — | #1,719 |
| 1955 | 30 | — | #1,940 |
| 1954 | 31 | — | #1,877 |
| 1953 | 27 | — | #1,974 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | #1,612 |
| 1951 | 32 | — | #1,703 |
| 1950 | 36 | — | #1,550 |
| 1949 | 31 | — | #1,700 |
| 1948 | 44 | — | #1,386 |
| 1947 | 32 | — | #1,699 |
| 1946 | 34 | — | #1,508 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | #1,377 |
| 1944 | 33 | — | #1,402 |
| 1943 | 28 | — | #1,592 |
| 1942 | 31 | — | #1,476 |
| 1941 | 20 | — | #1,814 |
| 1940 | 28 | — | #1,444 |
| 1939 | 39 | — | #1,162 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | #1,344 |
| 1937 | 31 | — | #1,305 |
| 1936 | 31 | — | #1,297 |
| 1935 | 36 | — | #1,183 |
| 1934 | 39 | — | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 34 | — | #1,225 |
| 1932 | 39 | — | #1,149 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | #1,598 |
| 1930 | 37 | — | #1,234 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | #1,342 |
| 1928 | 27 | — | #1,547 |
| 1927 | 15 | — | #2,344 |
| 1926 | 39 | — | #1,243 |
| 1925 | 46 | — | #1,137 |
| 1924 | 30 | — | #1,534 |
| 1923 | 45 | — | #1,143 |
| 1922 | 46 | — | #1,127 |
| 1921 | 33 | — | #1,411 |
| 1920 | 31 | — | #1,442 |
| 1919 | 41 | — | #1,158 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | #1,647 |
| 1917 | 33 | — | #1,263 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | #1,952 |
| 1915 | 30 | — | #1,287 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,264 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | #1,362 |
| 1912 | 13 | — | #1,543 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | #1,377 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,526 |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 9 | — | #1,445 |
| 1907 | 12 | — | #1,144 |
| 1906 | 5 | — | #1,969 |
| 1905 | 6 | — | #1,711 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,451 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,450 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | #1,947 |