Seretha
Feminine
Seretha has the sound of its time. The -etha ending runs through a set of American names from the first half of the twentieth century, Coretha, Luretha and Loretha among them, and Seretha belongs with them, pairing that ending with a front that could be Sarah's or Serita's.
How old is the name Seretha?
Seretha first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Seretha alive today was born around 1957, making them about 68 years old. About 300 people named Seretha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Seretha most popular?
Seretha peaked in 1928, reaching #2768 nationally. See the whole 1928 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Seretha
Seretha is a name that can be dated by ear. Hear it once and it places itself among women born in the first half of the twentieth century, beside Coretha, Luretha and Loretha, a set that shares a soft th and an open a and differs only in the syllable before. Seretha's contribution is the Ser-, the sound of Sarah and Serena, and the whole makes three beats with the stress in the middle.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Seretha. Sarah is the Hebrew for princess, and Serita is an English respelling of the Spanish Sarita; Seretha could be either with the -etha ending, which has no source language of its own. Nothing records which it was.
Pronouncing Seretha
suh-REE-thuh
Three syllables, stressed on REE, with the th of thin. SEH-reh-tha, stressed at the front, is also natural.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 195915 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2768reached in 1928
- Change vs 1988
- −37.5%5 in 1989, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Serethas among us
people named Seretha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Seretha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Three syllables with a clear middle stress.
- Belongs to a recognizable family of names, so it sounds established.
- Rare now, so it is distinctive.
- Expect Serita, Sereta or Loretha on forms; the th and the first e will need spelling.
- It sounds of an earlier generation, which reads as vintage to some listeners and old-fashioned to others.
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- How many Serethas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Seretha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Seretha in 2025?
- Seretha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Seretha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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