Reta is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Reta is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Reta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1946 (192 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #16,019 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #13,031 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #9,342 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,984 |
| 1991 | 7 | — | #11,200 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #12,534 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,574 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | #11,400 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | #8,556 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #10,549 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #12,008 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,265 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,832 |
| 1982 | 9 | — | #7,328 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #6,204 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,470 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,335 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,462 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #5,794 |
| 1976 | 17 | — | #3,921 |
| 1975 | 19 | — | #3,609 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | #3,989 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | #3,092 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | #3,765 |
| 1970 | 33 | — | #2,343 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | #2,895 |
| 1968 | 30 | — | #2,235 |
| 1967 | 33 | — | #2,061 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,945 |
| 1965 | 43 | — | #1,733 |
| 1964 | 47 | — | #1,701 |
| 1963 | 49 | — | #1,644 |
| 1962 | 74 | — | #1,291 |
| 1961 | 81 | — | #1,231 |
| 1960 | 80 | — | #1,226 |
| 1959 | 113 | — | #995 |
| 1958 | 129 | — | #904 |
| 1957 | 131 | — | #894 |
| 1956 | 148 | — | #816 |
| 1955 | 175 | — | #716 |
| 1954 | 163 | — | #724 |
| 1953 | 141 | — | #775 |
| 1952 | 133 | — | #782 |
| 1951 | 151 | — | #711 |
| 1950 | 166 | — | #663 |
| 1949 | 170 | — | #638 |
| 1948 | 158 | — | #667 |
| 1947 | 174 | — | #634 |
| 1946 | 192 | — | #580 |
| 1945 | 127 | — | #653 |
| 1944 | 149 | — | #602 |
| 1943 | 164 | — | #589 |
| 1942 | 132 | — | #651 |
| 1941 | 142 | — | #591 |
| 1940 | 156 | — | #553 |
| 1939 | 167 | — | #519 |
| 1938 | 164 | — | #530 |
| 1937 | 143 | — | #569 |
| 1936 | 150 | — | #532 |
| 1935 | 176 | — | #476 |
| 1934 | 180 | — | #478 |
| 1933 | 167 | — | #495 |
| 1932 | 160 | — | #519 |
| 1931 | 174 | — | #490 |
| 1930 | 170 | — | #517 |
| 1929 | 151 | — | #558 |
| 1928 | 152 | — | #573 |
| 1927 | 144 | — | #592 |
| 1926 | 121 | — | #659 |
| 1925 | 161 | — | #564 |
| 1924 | 167 | — | #563 |
| 1923 | 128 | — | #656 |
| 1922 | 166 | — | #553 |
| 1921 | 149 | — | #593 |
| 1920 | 172 | — | #544 |
| 1919 | 147 | — | #572 |
| 1918 | 131 | — | #621 |
| 1917 | 122 | — | #620 |
| 1916 | 147 | — | #548 |
| 1915 | 132 | — | #562 |
| 1914 | 84 | — | #632 |
| 1913 | 61 | — | #670 |
| 1912 | 69 | — | #587 |
| 1911 | 42 | — | #674 |
| 1910 | 54 | — | #563 |
| 1909 | 40 | — | #621 |
| 1908 | 49 | — | #525 |
| 1907 | 48 | — | #520 |
| 1906 | 36 | — | #601 |
| 1905 | 37 | — | #578 |
| 1904 | 23 | — | #751 |
| 1903 | 25 | — | #677 |
| 1902 | 32 | — | #589 |
| 1901 | 38 | — | #496 |
| 1900 | 32 | — | #632 |
| 1899 | 21 | — | #699 |
| 1898 | 21 | — | #742 |
| 1897 | 30 | — | #551 |
| 1896 | 42 | — | #451 |
| 1895 | 28 | — | #574 |
| 1894 | 30 | — | #534 |
| 1893 | 14 | — | #819 |
| 1892 | 24 | — | #576 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | #880 |
| 1890 | 15 | — | #717 |
| 1889 | 17 | — | #637 |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #788 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,253 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,169 |
| 1883 | 6 | — | #907 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #921 |