Given name & surname
Reta
“he has triumphed”
Reta is a variant of Retta. One African interpretation is “he has triumphed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Reta is a variant of Retta. One African interpretation is “he has triumphed.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Reta is a variant of Retta. An origin associated with Retta is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,616
- 0 boys · 8,616 girls
- Most popular year
- 1946
- 192 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 5 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 192 in 1946. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,287 as a first name in 2020; 1,562 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.
Reta’s family of names
In English usage, Reta has a related form in Rita. Reta has a related form in Retta. In Greek usage, Reta is a transliteration of Ρέτα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Reta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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