Letitia
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 22 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,408since 1880
Letitia over time
Rank among girls' names. Letitia has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,492 | 31 |
| 1994 | #2,988 | 39 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #2,191 | 61 |
| 1991 | #2,092 | 64 |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 |
| 1989 | #1,898 | 69 |
| 1988 | #1,506 | 90 |
| 1987 | #1,418 | 93 |
| 1986 | #1,380 | 93 |
| 1985 | #1,263 | 107 |
| 1984 | #1,245 | 103 |
| 1983 | #1,030 | 136 |
| 1982 | #876 | 176 |
| 1981 | #976 | 150 |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 |
| 1979 | #813 | 194 |
| 1978 | #687 | 231 |
| 1977 | #680 | 230 |
| 1976 | #667 | 230 |
| 1975 | #606 | 262 |
| 1974 | #601 | 262 |
| 1973 | #576 | 278 |
| 1972 | #628 | 247 |
| 1971 | #581 | 301 |
| 1970 | #656 | 247 |
| 1969 | #641 | 239 |
| 1968 | #631 | 234 |
| 1967 | #598 | 254 |
| 1966 | #569 | 281 |
| 1965 | #569 | 281 |
| 1964 | #545 | 329 |
| 1963 | #608 | 272 |
| 1962 | #633 | 254 |
| 1961 | #579 | 300 |
| 1960 | #718 | 201 |
| 1959 | #839 | 148 |
| 1958 | #833 | 149 |
| 1957 | #887 | 132 |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 |
| 1955 | #902 | 118 |
| 1954 | #896 | 115 |
| 1953 | #874 | 115 |
| 1952 | #975 | 93 |
| 1951 | #852 | 111 |
| 1950 | #798 | 118 |
| 1949 | #833 | 112 |
| 1948 | #871 | 100 |
| 1947 | #915 | 94 |
| 1946 | #920 | 83 |
| 1945 | #863 | 76 |
| 1944 | #900 | 72 |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 |
| 1942 | #812 | 89 |
| 1941 | #681 | 106 |
| 1940 | #732 | 90 |
| 1939 | #882 | 63 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #815 | 71 |
| 1936 | #862 | 62 |
| 1935 | #912 | 57 |
| 1934 | #861 | 63 |
| 1933 | #904 | 56 |
| 1932 | #808 | 71 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 |
| 1930 | #909 | 64 |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 |
| 1928 | #1,029 | 53 |
| 1927 | #976 | 61 |
| 1926 | #1,032 | 52 |
| 1925 | #976 | 58 |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 |
| 1920 | #949 | 59 |
| 1919 | #967 | 54 |
| 1918 | #960 | 56 |
| 1917 | #896 | 59 |
| 1916 | #782 | 77 |
| 1915 | #787 | 70 |
| 1914 | #666 | 76 |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 |
| 1912 | #809 | 38 |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 |
| 1907 | #760 | 24 |
| 1906 | #731 | 25 |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 |
| 1899 | #565 | 29 |
| 1898 | #597 | 29 |
| 1897 | #644 | 23 |
| 1896 | #538 | 31 |
| 1895 | #547 | 29 |
| 1894 | #457 | 37 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #510 | 28 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 |
| 1888 | #486 | 26 |
| 1887 | #403 | 29 |
| 1886 | #432 | 25 |
| 1885 | #500 | 18 |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 |
| 1883 | #386 | 23 |
| 1882 | #418 | 19 |
| 1881 | #384 | 19 |
| 1880 | #342 | 22 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Letitia was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2011, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Letitia is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#304 · 1 in 1,725
- North Carolina#382 · 1 in 2,738
- Arkansas#392 · 1 in 2,591
- Virginia#435 · 1 in 3,243
- Georgia#447 · 1 in 3,056
Best ever in a state: #194 in District of Columbia, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #304 | 10 | 1 in 1,725 |
| North Carolina | #382 | 12 | 1 in 2,738 |
| Arkansas | #392 | 5 | 1 in 2,591 |
| Virginia | #435 | 9 | 1 in 3,243 |
| Georgia | #447 | 11 | 1 in 3,056 |
| Alabama | #475 | 7 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Tennessee | #505 | 7 | 1 in 4,069 |
| Colorado | #524 | 5 | 1 in 3,731 |
| Arizona | #541 | 5 | 1 in 3,572 |
| Michigan | #629 | 10 | 1 in 5,958 |
| Indiana | #661 | 5 | 1 in 7,247 |
| Florida | #717 | 8 | 1 in 5,859 |
| Illinois | #769 | 11 | 1 in 6,790 |
| Louisiana | #795 | 5 | 1 in 5,851 |
| Texas | #823 | 16 | 1 in 6,944 |
| New Jersey | #836 | 5 | 1 in 7,438 |
| Ohio | #840 | 7 | 1 in 10,299 |
| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| New York | #1,026 | 10 | 1 in 9,892 |
| California | #1,636 | 8 | 1 in 20,416 |
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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 Letitia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 340 spots in 1932 (#1,148 → #808)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1931 (#909 → #1,148)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #342 (22 births)
- Births halved by 2001, 121 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1932–1982
- Highest: 1 in 4,136 girls born in 1880 were named Letitia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Letitia (2,645) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 226 | #342 (1880) | #430 |
| 1890s | 281 | #457 (1894) | #545 |
| 1900s | 235 | #623 (1902) | #749 |
| 1910s | 543 | #666 (1914) | #814 |
| 1920s | 578 | #880 (1924) | #983 |
| 1930s | 610 | #808 (1932) | #898 |
| 1940s | 906 | #681 (1941) | #838 |
| 1950s | 1,205 | #798 (1950) | #884 |
| 1960s | 2,645 | #545 (1964) | #609 |
| 1970s | 2,482 | #576 (1973) | #650 |
| 1980s | 1,201 | #845 (1980) | #1,244 |
| 1990s | 388 | #1,862 (1990) | #3,762 |
| 2000s | 72 | #7,580 (2000) | #12,470 |
| 2010s | 19 | #11,427 (2018) | #14,312 |
| 2020s | 17 | #12,161 (2024) | #14,167 |
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.
Letitia in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
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1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 8,275 of them was named Letitia, which outranked 93.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #808Georgina195
- #808Nichol195
- #808Starr195
- #813Letitia194
- #813Aurora194
- #813Cora194
- #813Dusty194
- #818Daniela193
- #818Nakisha193
- #818Sherita193
Tied with 4 names at #813; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.