Given name & surname
Ireta
“one who is serene”
Ireta is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is serene.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is serene.”
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 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ireta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 448
- 0 boys · 448 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1960. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 as a first name in 2020; 206 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ireta’s family of names
Ireta has a related form in Iretta. Ireta has a related form in Iret. Ireta has a related form in Iretah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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