Claretta
Recorded 1902–1982 · United States
Claretta was most popular in 1943, when 30 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,642 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 924 people named Claretta.
Claretta over time
How old is the name Claretta?
Claretta first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1902, which makes it about 123 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 69 of the 124 years since. It was last recorded in 1982.
How many people are named Claretta?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 924 American births named Claretta between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 399 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Claretta in 2025?
Claretta was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Claretta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Claretta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 924 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Claretta?
Roughly 399 Americans named Claretta are alive today — 43% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 74 years old, and half are between 66 and 82.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org