girls:
1k births since 1930
#4683 (18th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1930
#6706 (13th percentile)
The name Joretta is the #6,706 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,033 recorded births since 1930. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,683 (18.0% percentile) for all time with 1,033 births since 1930.
Joretta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1930 (first recorded for girls in 1930). Birth data for Joretta is available in 43 out of the 43 years between 1930 and 1972. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Joretta reached its peak popularity in 1931, achieving the 29.8% percentile (ranked #410) with 176 births per million. The name was most common in 1931, with 176 births per million (ranked 29.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Joretta".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Joretta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Joretta is pronounced as jaw-REH-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is joh-REH-tuh, at 12.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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