Is Rhetta a boy or girl name?

Rhetta is a girl’s name. Of the 621 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Rhetta

Recorded 1895–2025 · United States

Rhetta was most popular in 1941, when 18 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,358 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 621 people named Rhetta.

Rhetta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rhetta’s peak in 1941. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rhetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rhetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 621 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org