Leticia
- #1,703 for girls in 2025, 120 births
- Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
- Given to girls 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 1,037 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,984since 1916
Leticia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Leticia has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,703 | 120 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,753 | 115 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,669 | 124 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,692 | 123 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,698 | 122 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,678 | 122 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,740 | 119 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,623 | 131 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,614 | 134 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,505 | 151 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,470 | 156 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,422 | 160 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,457 | 153 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,379 | 169 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,354 | 170 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,070 | 232 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,073 | 238 | — | |
| 2008 | #983 | 271 | — | |
| 2007 | #991 | 269 | — | |
| 2006 | #797 | 342 | — | |
| 2005 | #782 | 332 | — | |
| 2004 | #744 | 353 | — | |
| 2003 | #690 | 378 | — | |
| 2002 | #646 | 391 | — | |
| 2001 | #561 | 461 | — | |
| 2000 | #557 | 468 | — | |
| 1999 | #531 | 477 | — | |
| 1998 | #474 | 541 | — | |
| 1997 | #462 | 543 | — | |
| 1996 | #458 | 547 | — | |
| 1995 | #438 | 587 | — | |
| 1994 | #389 | 649 | — | |
| 1993 | #380 | 671 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #321 | 850 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #392 | 651 | — | |
| 1990 | #340 | 782 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #380 | 663 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #359 | 682 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #348 | 693 | — | |
| 1986 | #353 | 673 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #308 | 783 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #315 | 753 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #279 | 842 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #257 | 966 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #241 | 1,036 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #240 | 1,070 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #246 | 1,018 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #240 | 1,021 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #242 | 1,020 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #232 | 1,037 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #249 | 977 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #251 | 1,019 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #254 | 987 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #256 | 1,052 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #274 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1970 | #297 | 973 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #283 | 991 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #304 | 851 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #313 | 764 | — | |
| 1966 | #305 | 841 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #321 | 786 | — | |
| 1964 | #324 | 843 | — | |
| 1963 | #333 | 803 | — | |
| 1962 | #334 | 791 | — | |
| 1961 | #318 | 870 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #343 | 772 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #386 | 602 | — | |
| 1958 | #389 | 554 | — | |
| 1957 | #391 | 543 | — | |
| 1956 | #416 | 478 | — | |
| 1955 | #448 | 402 | — | |
| 1954 | #489 | 326 | — | |
| 1953 | #498 | 307 | — | |
| 1952 | #567 | 234 | — | |
| 1951 | #719 | 148 | — | |
| 1950 | #833 | 110 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,197 | 57 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,442 | 28 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | — | |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
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| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | — | |
| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five girls were named Leticia! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Leticia is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Florida#912 · 1 in 5,104
- California#1,053 · 1 in 6,469
- Texas#1,532 · 1 in 10,703
Best ever in a state: #50 in Texas, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #912 | 17 | 1 in 5,104 |
| California | #1,053 | 25 | 1 in 6,469 |
| Texas | #1,532 | 15 | 1 in 10,703 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 50 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,703)
- 25 spots since 2020 (#1,678 → #1,703)
- Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1950
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2007
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1976 at #232 (1,037 births)
- Births halved by 1999, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 59 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 59 yrs · run 1950–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,413
- Highest: 1 in 1,413 girls born in 1976 were named Leticia (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,394 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 23.6% of all girls named Leticia (10,156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,344 (1917) | #4,004 |
| 1920s | 49 | #2,587 (1929) | #3,596 |
| 1930s | 129 | #1,913 (1934) | #2,376 |
| 1940s | 352 | #1,144 (1949) | #1,509 |
| 1950s | 3,704 | #386 (1959) | #514 |
| 1960s | 8,312 | #283 (1969) | #318 |
| 1970s | 10,156 | #232 (1976) | #254 |
| 1980s | 8,161 | #240 (1980) | #308 |
| 1990s | 6,298 | #321 (1992) | #419 |
| 2000s | 3,503 | #557 (2000) | #782 |
| 2010s | 1,575 | #1,070 (2010) | #1,463 |
| 2020s | 726 | #1,669 (2023) | #1,699 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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