Is Reta a boy or girl name?
Reta was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 8,616 US babies named Reta were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Reta since 1880
- 8,616
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 192 babies
Boys and girls named Reta, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 50 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 236 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 360 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 989 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 1,511 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 1,651 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 1,564 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 1,450 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 495 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 177 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 95 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 38 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 5 | #16,018 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 6 | #13,030 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 9 | #9,342 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,983 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 7 | #11,200 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 6 | #12,534 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 9 | #8,574 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 6 | #11,400 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 8 | #8,557 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 6 | #10,548 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,009 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 9 | #7,264 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 15 | #4,832 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 9 | #7,328 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 11 | #6,204 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 17 | #4,470 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,335 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,462 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 11 | #5,794 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,921 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 19 | #3,609 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,989 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 22 | #3,093 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 21 | #3,152 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 17 | #3,765 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,343 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 22 | #2,895 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 30 | #2,235 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 33 | #2,061 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 36 | #1,945 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 43 | #1,734 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 47 | #1,701 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 49 | #1,643 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,291 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 81 | #1,231 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,226 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 113 | #995 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 129 | #903 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 131 | #894 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 148 | #816 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 175 | #716 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 163 | #724 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 141 | #775 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 133 | #782 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 151 | #711 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 166 | #663 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 170 | #638 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 158 | #667 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 174 | #634 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 192 | #580 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 127 | #653 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 149 | #602 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 164 | #589 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 132 | #651 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 142 | #591 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 156 | #553 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 167 | #519 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 164 | #530 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 143 | #569 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 150 | #532 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 176 | #476 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 180 | #478 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 167 | #495 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 160 | #519 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 174 | #490 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 170 | #517 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 151 | #558 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 152 | #573 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 144 | #592 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 121 | #659 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 161 | #564 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 167 | #563 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 128 | #656 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 166 | #553 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 149 | #593 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 172 | #544 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 147 | #572 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 131 | #621 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 122 | #620 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 147 | #548 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 132 | #562 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 84 | #632 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 61 | #670 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 69 | #587 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 42 | #674 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 54 | #563 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 40 | #621 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 49 | #525 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 48 | #520 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 36 | #601 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 37 | #578 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 23 | #751 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 25 | #677 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 32 | #589 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 38 | #496 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 32 | #632 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 21 | #699 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 21 | #742 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 30 | #551 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 42 | #451 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 28 | #574 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 30 | #534 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 14 | #819 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 24 | #576 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 11 | #880 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 15 | #717 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 17 | #637 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 12 | #788 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,253 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,169 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 6 | #907 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 5 | #921 |
Highest rank
Reta has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #451 in 1896. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1940s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Reta
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.