Quick answers about Aretha
How many people are named Aretha?
An estimated 3,858 living Americans are named Aretha.
How rare is Aretha?
Aretha fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Aretha?
The median age of a living American named Aretha is approximately 57 years, with most bearers falling between 52 and 59 years old.
Is Aretha still popular?
Not especially. Aretha has been declining since its 1968 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Aretha most common?
Aretha has its strongest geographic signal in Alabama, where it appears 4.9× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Aretha is most concentrated in Alabama — about 4.9× the national rate in the 1970s. It also runs high in Mississippi.
States where Aretha is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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