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Aretha

“one who is virtuous; excellent”

Aretha is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who is virtuous; excellent.”

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One Greek interpretation is “one who is virtuous; excellent.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Aretha through the years

Babies since 1880
5,656
0 boys · 5,656 girls
Most popular year
1968
543 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01002003004001900192019401960198020002025Highest share 19680.0
Aretha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1900–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 543 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,025 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Aretha’s family of names

Aretha has a related form in Aretta. Aretha has a related form in Arita. In English usage, Aretha has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Areta.

Walk Aretha’s family in the name graph

ArethaAritaArettaArithaAretinaArethiaAretheaAreathaAretaAretArrethaAreethaAreetaAretteArythaΑρέτα

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Nicknames & forms 17

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Aretha

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