Baby name

Reta

Girl

Classic name

1946 was its best year: 192 births, or 1 baby in 16,642. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 112 years out of 146. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published.

8,616births since 1880

1940sgeneration

No. 580rank at its peak, in 1946

Where babies named Reta are born

1946

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The darker the blue, the more common Reta is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Reta is most common in Oklahoma (5.8 times), West Virginia (4.5) and Missouri (3.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Rita 284,452
Rena 39,124
Reba 35,431
Greta 27,786
Reva 16,048
Leta 11,944

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