Retha is an established girls' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Retha is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Retha was first reported in SSA data in 1884 and peaked in 1924 (252 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,635 |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #17,352 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #16,020 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #15,192 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #15,187 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,219 |
| 1992 | 6 | — | #12,962 |
| 1991 | 9 | — | #9,166 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | #7,735 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,436 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | #7,542 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | #6,233 |
| 1986 | 17 | — | #4,683 |
| 1985 | 17 | — | #4,600 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #6,176 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #4,833 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | #6,740 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | #4,903 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | #3,580 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #5,032 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | #4,626 |
| 1977 | 12 | — | #5,451 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | #3,785 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,939 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #2,668 |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,551 |
| 1972 | 38 | — | #2,085 |
| 1971 | 30 | — | #2,527 |
| 1970 | 48 | — | #1,853 |
| 1969 | 49 | — | #1,749 |
| 1968 | 65 | — | #1,401 |
| 1967 | 64 | — | #1,379 |
| 1966 | 66 | — | #1,346 |
| 1965 | 79 | — | #1,217 |
| 1964 | 74 | — | #1,308 |
| 1963 | 97 | — | #1,111 |
| 1962 | 125 | — | #950 |
| 1961 | 121 | — | #986 |
| 1960 | 132 | — | #930 |
| 1959 | 125 | — | #940 |
| 1958 | 148 | — | #840 |
| 1957 | 152 | — | #825 |
| 1956 | 142 | — | #835 |
| 1955 | 167 | — | #736 |
| 1954 | 161 | — | #728 |
| 1953 | 159 | — | #722 |
| 1952 | 175 | — | #669 |
| 1951 | 177 | — | #653 |
| 1950 | 189 | — | #610 |
| 1949 | 183 | — | #612 |
| 1948 | 172 | — | #634 |
| 1947 | 159 | — | #670 |
| 1946 | 161 | — | #625 |
| 1945 | 167 | — | #570 |
| 1944 | 154 | — | #595 |
| 1943 | 173 | — | #576 |
| 1942 | 161 | — | #584 |
| 1941 | 176 | — | #528 |
| 1940 | 196 | — | #492 |
| 1939 | 175 | — | #508 |
| 1938 | 173 | — | #509 |
| 1937 | 194 | — | #470 |
| 1936 | 167 | — | #502 |
| 1935 | 195 | — | #456 |
| 1934 | 206 | — | #455 |
| 1933 | 213 | — | #441 |
| 1932 | 181 | — | #492 |
| 1931 | 191 | — | #469 |
| 1930 | 173 | — | #511 |
| 1929 | 186 | — | #494 |
| 1928 | 199 | — | #486 |
| 1927 | 210 | — | #482 |
| 1926 | 201 | — | #492 |
| 1925 | 209 | — | #483 |
| 1924 | 252 | — | #440 |
| 1923 | 205 | — | #481 |
| 1922 | 215 | — | #467 |
| 1921 | 214 | — | #473 |
| 1920 | 187 | — | #510 |
| 1919 | 213 | — | #456 |
| 1918 | 218 | — | #455 |
| 1917 | 190 | — | #473 |
| 1916 | 160 | — | #518 |
| 1915 | 155 | — | #496 |
| 1914 | 93 | — | #592 |
| 1913 | 102 | — | #505 |
| 1912 | 92 | — | #499 |
| 1911 | 77 | — | #472 |
| 1910 | 72 | — | #479 |
| 1909 | 70 | — | #444 |
| 1908 | 54 | — | #498 |
| 1907 | 54 | — | #488 |
| 1906 | 52 | — | #476 |
| 1905 | 31 | — | #638 |
| 1904 | 46 | — | #489 |
| 1903 | 27 | — | #650 |
| 1902 | 41 | — | #500 |
| 1901 | 48 | — | #431 |
| 1900 | 23 | — | #774 |
| 1899 | 33 | — | #524 |
| 1898 | 35 | — | #540 |
| 1897 | 23 | — | #657 |
| 1896 | 20 | — | #724 |
| 1895 | 17 | — | #786 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | #895 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | #858 |
| 1892 | 9 | — | #1,075 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,503 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | #928 |
| 1889 | 10 | — | #892 |
| 1887 | 9 | — | #842 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | #1,170 |
| 1884 | 6 | — | #1,006 |