Aretha Popularity by Year
Follow Aretha across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Aretha birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Girls | 6 | #13,462 | Up 130 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 6 | #13,592 | Down 128 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 6 | #13,464 | Up 2,218 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 5 | #15,682 | Up 220 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 5 | #15,902 | Down 1,320 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 6 | #14,582 | Up 2,182 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | Down 3,316 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 7 | #13,448 | Up 384 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Up 3,336 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 5 | #17,168 | Down 4,981 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 7 | #12,187 | Up 1,334 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 6 | #13,521 | Up 1,510 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 6,226 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 10 | #8,805 | Up 2,333 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 7 | #11,138 | Down 1,336 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 8 | #9,802 | Down 1,036 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 9 | #8,766 | Down 2,447 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 14 | #6,319 | Up 719 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 12 | #7,038 | Down 1,554 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 17 | #5,484 | Down 834 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 21 | #4,650 | Down 647 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 25 | #4,003 | Up 118 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 23 | #4,121 | Down 536 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 26 | #3,585 | Down 254 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 27 | #3,331 | Down 552 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 34 | #2,779 | Up 549 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 26 | #3,328 | Down 946 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 40 | #2,382 | Up 277 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 33 | #2,659 | Down 609 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 50 | #2,050 | Down 92 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 54 | #1,958 | Down 22 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 55 | #1,936 | Down 224 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 64 | #1,712 | Down 278 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 80 | #1,434 | Down 148 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 91 | #1,286 | Down 114 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 97 | #1,172 | Down 146 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 117 | #1,026 | Down 171 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 153 | #855 | Up 19 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 147 | #874 | Down 156 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 199 | #718 | Down 53 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 237 | #665 | Down 26 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 257 | #639 | Down 76 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 309 | #563 | Down 166 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 543 | #397 | Up 86 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 385 | #483 | Up 619 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 91 | #1,102 | Down 284 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 148 | #818 | Up 130 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 123 | #948 | Up 68 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 110 | #1,016 | Down 85 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 130 | #931 | Up 113 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 110 | #1,044 | Up 386 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 59 | #1,430 | Up 213 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 44 | #1,643 | Up 229 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 34 | #1,872 | Down 302 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 47 | #1,570 | Up 147 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 38 | #1,717 | Up 223 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 30 | #1,940 | Down 65 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 31 | #1,875 | Up 98 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 27 | #1,973 | Down 362 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 36 | #1,611 | Up 90 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 32 | #1,701 | Down 151 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 36 | #1,550 | Up 147 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 31 | #1,697 | Down 311 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 44 | #1,386 | Up 311 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 32 | #1,697 | Down 189 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 34 | #1,508 | Down 134 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 34 | #1,374 | Up 27 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 33 | #1,401 | Up 190 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 28 | #1,591 | Down 120 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 31 | #1,471 | Up 339 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 20 | #1,810 | Down 368 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 28 | #1,442 | Down 282 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 39 | #1,160 | Up 183 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 30 | #1,343 | Down 40 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 31 | #1,303 | Down 7 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 31 | #1,296 | Down 114 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 36 | #1,182 | Down 49 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 39 | #1,133 | Up 91 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 34 | #1,224 | Down 77 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 39 | #1,147 | Up 447 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 23 | #1,594 | Down 362 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 37 | #1,232 | Up 107 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 32 | #1,339 | Up 202 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 27 | #1,541 | Up 798 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 15 | #2,339 | Down 1,096 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 39 | #1,243 | Down 107 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 46 | #1,136 | Up 397 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 30 | #1,533 | Down 391 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 45 | #1,142 | Down 18 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 46 | #1,124 | Up 285 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 33 | #1,409 | Up 30 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 31 | #1,439 | Down 284 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 41 | #1,155 | Up 490 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 24 | #1,645 | Down 384 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 33 | #1,261 | Up 688 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 17 | #1,949 | Down 664 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 30 | #1,285 | Down 23 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 24 | #1,262 | Up 96 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 18 | #1,358 | Up 182 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 13 | #1,540 | Down 168 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 12 | #1,372 | Up 149 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 10 | #1,521 | Down 369 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 13 | #1,152 | Up 287 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 9 | #1,439 | Down 297 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 12 | #1,142 | Up 809 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 5 | #1,951 | Down 255 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 6 | #1,696 | Down 256 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 7 | #1,440 | Down 2 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 7 | #1,438 | Up 494 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 5 | #1,932 | — |