Name meaning & stats
Aretha
Aretha. 4,687 US babies since 1940, peak 1968.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
In US birth records
Peak year: 1968
4,687 US babies were named Aretha between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Aretha (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 91% of the family
- Aretha 91%
- Artha 4%
- Areatha 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1968)