Retal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ree-TAHL
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Retal is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
Where does Retal come from?
Arabic
Is Retal a girl's or a boy's name?
Retal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Retal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Retal, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Retal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Retal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 14 | #2,052 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Retal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Retal, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had fewer girls named Retal than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Retal in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Retal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
Names like Retal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amal, Rehmat, Ayzal, Isla, Raya, Ayat, Liyana, Lyla, River, Dua, Zara, Harper
Names related to Retal
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Mohammad, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Retal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/retal, updated 20 October 2026.