Meaning and history
Possibly derived from Greek ἀρετή (arete), meaning “virtue,” this name became widely known in the 1960s through American singer Aretha Franklin (1942–2018).
20042004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 5 births, rank #17,168
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 7 births, rank #13,832
20092009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
2011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 6 births, rank #14,582
20142014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 5 births, rank #15,902
2018: 5 births, rank #15,682
20192019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: 6 births, rank #13,464
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
20232023: 6 births, rank #13,462
Aretha rose from #875 to #855 for girls between 1973 and 1974. Its highest annual birth count came in 1968, with 543 births.