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

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Peak · girls
1976 · 1,037 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,984
since 1916

Leticia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Leticia has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #232, 1976girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#1,703120—
2024#1,753115—
2023#1,669124—
2022#1,692123—
2021#1,698122—
2020#1,678122—
2019#1,740119—
2018#1,623131—
2017#1,614134—
2016#1,505151—
2015#1,470156—
2014#1,422160—
2013#1,457153—
2012#1,379169—
2011#1,354170—
2010#1,070232—
2009#1,073238—
2008#983271—
2007#991269—
2006#797342—
2005#782332—
2004#744353—
2003#690378—
2002#646391—
2001#561461—
2000#557468—
1999#531477—
1998#474541—
1997#462543—
1996#458547—
1995#438587—
1994#389649—
1993#380671#7,6386
1992#321850#5,6609
1991#392651—
1990#340782#4,67311
1989#380663#6,9416
1988#359682#4,45010
1987#348693—
1986#353673#3,88211
1985#308783#4,3339
1984#315753#4,2159
1983#279842#4,4998
1982#257966#4,2349
1981#2411,036#4,9617
1980#2401,070#4,1349
1979#2461,018#3,35712
1978#2401,021#5,7725
1977#2421,020#4,5827
1976#2321,037#5,5875
1975#249977#5,4645
1974#2511,019#2,94612
1973#254987#3,6948
1972#2561,052#2,41815
1971#2741,052—
1970#297973#4,2306
1969#283991#3,5957
1968#304851#4,1365
1967#313764—
1966#305841#3,2497
1965#321786—
1964#324843—
1963#333803—
1962#334791—
1961#318870#3,3567
1960#343772#2,68510
1959#386602—
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1955#448402—
1954#489326—
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1952#567234—
1951#719148—
1950#833110—
1949#1,14463—
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1946#1,36041—
1945#1,54328—
1944#1,60926—
1943#1,99419—
1942#1,70624—
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1940#1,44228—
1939#2,03816—
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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 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedNHWashington: #418 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,052 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #521 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,060 girlsILWisconsin: #388 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsWIMichigan: #1,034 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,320 girlsMINew York: #918 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,531 girlsNYMassachusetts: #630 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,494 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedRIOregon: #336 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,449 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #629 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,131 girlsINOhio: #816 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,619 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,182 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,198 girlsPANew Jersey: #847 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,914 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #386 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 2,097 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedUTColorado: #293 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,287 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #751 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,015 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedDEArizona: #329 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,525 girlsAZNew Mexico: #184 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 669 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedKSArkansas: #358 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,666 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #499 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,764 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #551 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,788 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #716 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,385 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Leticia, so not publishedHITexas: #384 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 2,070 girlsTXFlorida: #460 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,667 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#184 · 1 in 669
  2. Colorado#293 · 1 in 1,287
  3. Arizona#329 · 1 in 1,525
  4. Oregon#336 · 1 in 1,449
  5. Arkansas#358 · 1 in 1,666

Best ever in a state: #50 in Texas, 1966.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#184121 in 669
Colorado#293191 in 1,287
Arizona#329211 in 1,525
Oregon#336111 in 1,449
Arkansas#35871 in 1,666
Texas#384741 in 2,070
California#3861061 in 2,097
Wisconsin#388121 in 2,106
Washington#418141 in 2,052
Florida#460291 in 2,667
North Carolina#499161 in 2,764
Illinois#521231 in 3,060
Oklahoma#55161 in 2,788
Indiana#62981 in 4,131
Massachusetts#63071 in 4,494
Georgia#716111 in 4,385
Virginia#75171 in 5,015
Ohio#81691 in 6,619
New Jersey#84771 in 5,914
New York#918151 in 6,531
Michigan#1,03461 in 8,320
Pennsylvania#1,18251 in 11,198
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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.

See more about Leticia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#1,753 → #1,703)
  • 25 spots since 2020 (#1,678 → #1,703)
  • 233 spots since 2015 (#1,470 → #1,703)
  • Biggest jump: 311 spots in 1950 (#1,144 → #833)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 2007 (#797 → #991)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,344 (1917)#4,004
1920s49#2,587 (1929)#3,596
1930s129#1,913 (1934)#2,376
1940s352#1,144 (1949)#1,509
1950s3,704#386 (1959)#514
1960s8,312#283 (1969)#318
1970s10,156#232 (1976)#254
1980s8,161#240 (1980)#308
1990s6,298#321 (1992)#419
2000s3,503#557 (2000)#782
2010s1,575#1,070 (2010)#1,463
2020s726#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.

Leticia in 2001

girls
#561
461 births · 1 in 3,906 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #561Leticia461
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 3,906 of them was named Leticia, which outranked 96.9% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Leticia
  1. #558Julianne467
  2. #559Kenya466
  3. #560Ryan465
  4. #561Leticia461
  5. #562Clare460
  6. #562Jaelyn460
  7. #562Juliet460
Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →