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How popular is the name Aretha?
Births per year, rank history and how many Arethas are alive today.
Aretha (female) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4646th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2002, when 4 babies were given the name, the 3409th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 4 babies given the name that year.
The Aretha you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Arethas born in England and Wales are between 8 and 25, and there are at least 82 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Aretha - on average, only one in every 3,842 such rooms contains a Aretha.
How many babies are named Aretha each year?
Where does Aretha rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Aretha most popular?
Aretha peaked in 2002, when 4 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Aretha?
At least 82 people named Aretha born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Aretha?
Most living Arethas are between 8 and 25; the most common age is about 8.
Is Aretha becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.