Retta is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1922 and has since faded.
Retta is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #12,903 for girl births in the United States (and #21,555 across all names), given to 7 babies. Retta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1922 (60 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | #12,903 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #13,173 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | #17,093 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | #11,976 |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | #17,019 |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | #15,265 |
| 2017 | 11 | 11 | #9,797 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #15,844 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,636 |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #17,009 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,985 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #14,838 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | #12,535 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #12,328 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | #10,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #7,266 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,577 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #6,205 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | #10,037 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #11,015 |
| 1977 | 6 | — | #9,336 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #7,105 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,864 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,657 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #4,300 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #4,733 |
| 1971 | 18 | — | #3,621 |
| 1970 | 18 | — | #3,541 |
| 1969 | 15 | — | #3,731 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,526 |
| 1967 | 16 | — | #3,297 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #3,896 |
| 1965 | 22 | — | #2,662 |
| 1964 | 24 | — | #2,591 |
| 1963 | 17 | — | #3,159 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #2,584 |
| 1961 | 32 | — | #2,105 |
| 1960 | 39 | — | #1,831 |
| 1959 | 51 | — | #1,532 |
| 1958 | 45 | — | #1,602 |
| 1957 | 38 | — | #1,770 |
| 1956 | 49 | — | #1,526 |
| 1955 | 48 | — | #1,477 |
| 1954 | 55 | — | #1,364 |
| 1953 | 39 | — | #1,582 |
| 1952 | 49 | — | #1,397 |
| 1951 | 58 | — | #1,223 |
| 1950 | 50 | — | #1,300 |
| 1949 | 50 | — | #1,298 |
| 1948 | 42 | — | #1,434 |
| 1947 | 36 | — | #1,598 |
| 1946 | 45 | — | #1,301 |
| 1945 | 50 | — | #1,116 |
| 1944 | 46 | — | #1,172 |
| 1943 | 54 | — | #1,102 |
| 1942 | 42 | — | #1,246 |
| 1941 | 38 | — | #1,237 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | #1,339 |
| 1939 | 42 | — | #1,125 |
| 1938 | 43 | — | #1,109 |
| 1937 | 48 | — | #1,030 |
| 1936 | 39 | — | #1,146 |
| 1935 | 48 | — | #1,003 |
| 1934 | 60 | — | #886 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | #1,134 |
| 1932 | 48 | — | #1,030 |
| 1931 | 36 | — | #1,220 |
| 1930 | 34 | — | #1,315 |
| 1929 | 42 | — | #1,153 |
| 1928 | 48 | — | #1,094 |
| 1927 | 41 | — | #1,226 |
| 1926 | 41 | — | #1,217 |
| 1925 | 36 | — | #1,340 |
| 1924 | 43 | — | #1,222 |
| 1923 | 43 | — | #1,191 |
| 1922 | 60 | — | #967 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | #1,221 |
| 1920 | 48 | — | #1,085 |
| 1919 | 38 | — | #1,235 |
| 1918 | 43 | — | #1,150 |
| 1917 | 43 | — | #1,096 |
| 1916 | 38 | — | #1,163 |
| 1915 | 42 | — | #1,038 |
| 1914 | 33 | — | #1,055 |
| 1913 | 25 | — | #1,116 |
| 1912 | 25 | — | #1,050 |
| 1911 | 25 | — | #870 |
| 1910 | 22 | — | #935 |
| 1909 | 22 | — | #886 |
| 1908 | 24 | — | #806 |
| 1907 | 29 | — | #708 |
| 1906 | 20 | — | #839 |
| 1905 | 26 | — | #709 |
| 1904 | 24 | — | #724 |
| 1903 | 29 | — | #625 |
| 1902 | 29 | — | #618 |
| 1901 | 33 | — | #537 |
| 1900 | 40 | — | #538 |
| 1899 | 32 | — | #536 |
| 1898 | 34 | — | #554 |
| 1897 | 28 | — | #579 |
| 1896 | 31 | — | #545 |
| 1895 | 34 | — | #509 |
| 1894 | 28 | — | #552 |
| 1893 | 28 | — | #532 |
| 1892 | 26 | — | #550 |
| 1891 | 27 | — | #505 |
| 1890 | 26 | — | #520 |
| 1889 | 24 | — | #529 |
| 1888 | 31 | — | #449 |
| 1887 | 30 | — | #402 |
| 1886 | 28 | — | #413 |
| 1885 | 28 | — | #391 |
| 1884 | 21 | — | #447 |
| 1883 | 22 | — | #408 |
| 1882 | 23 | — | #376 |
| 1881 | 17 | — | #416 |
| 1880 | 25 | — | #324 |