Letty
#1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births
- Peak · girls
- 1892 · 14 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,615since 1880
Letty over time
Rank among girls' names. Letty has never cracked the top 700 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 | #1,382 | 158 |
| 2024 | #1,609 | 130 |
| 2023 | #1,465 | 150 |
| 2022 | #1,583 | 134 |
| 2021 | #1,698 | 122 |
| 2020 | #1,704 | 119 |
| 2019 | #1,474 | 149 |
| 2018 | #1,512 | 144 |
| 2017 | #1,441 | 157 |
| 2016 | #1,420 | 163 |
| 2015 | #1,667 | 128 |
| 2014 | #1,997 | 99 |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #3,030 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1965 | #1,914 | 36 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 |
| 1963 | #1,867 | 39 |
| 1962 | #1,732 | 43 |
| 1961 | #1,697 | 45 |
| 1960 | #1,617 | 48 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 |
| 1958 | #1,333 | 63 |
| 1957 | #1,989 | 30 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,931 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,871 | 26 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,488 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 |
| 1942 | #1,037 | 57 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,186 | 38 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,144 | 39 |
| 1936 | #1,245 | 33 |
| 1935 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1934 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 |
| 1926 | #980 | 58 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #951 | 64 |
| 1923 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1922 | #1,252 | 39 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,048 | 50 |
| 1919 | #1,042 | 48 |
| 1918 | #1,165 | 41 |
| 1917 | #1,205 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,465 | 16 |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,104 | 14 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,094 | 9 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #796 | 14 |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Letty was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Letty is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#162 · 1 in 450
- Minnesota#502 · 1 in 2,148
- Wisconsin#700 · 1 in 3,376
- Maryland#731 · 1 in 3,331
- Ohio#801 · 1 in 4,297
Best ever in a state: #162 in North Dakota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 450 |
| Minnesota | #502 | 10 | 1 in 2,148 |
| Wisconsin | #700 | 6 | 1 in 3,376 |
| Maryland | #731 | 6 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Pennsylvania | #927 | 9 | 1 in 5,188 |
| Virginia | #936 | 7 | 1 in 4,820 |
| Tennessee | #983 | 6 | 1 in 5,346 |
| Indiana | #1,032 | 5 | 1 in 5,582 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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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 Letty
- 227 spots since 2024 (#1,609 → #1,382)
- 322 spots since 2020 (#1,704 → #1,382)
- 285 spots since 2015 (#1,667 → #1,382)
- Biggest jump: 347 spots in 1932 (#1,287 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1904 (#931 → #1,251)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1892 at #796 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1894, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1891–1892
- Highest: 1 in 10,173 girls born in 2025 were named Letty (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #796 in 1892, was only 1 in 15,167 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all girls named Letty (987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #836 (1880) | #1,006 |
| 1890s | 80 | #796 (1892) | #1,127 |
| 1900s | 108 | #931 (1903) | #1,155 |
| 1910s | 261 | #1,042 (1919) | #1,295 |
| 1920s | 474 | #951 (1924) | #1,120 |
| 1930s | 395 | #940 (1932) | #1,164 |
| 1940s | 359 | #1,037 (1942) | #1,433 |
| 1950s | 318 | #1,333 (1958) | #1,916 |
| 1960s | 350 | #1,617 (1960) | #2,094 |
| 1970s | 169 | #2,820 (1972) | #3,994 |
| 1980s | 94 | #5,254 (1981) | #6,739 |
| 1990s | 112 | #4,230 (1990) | #8,235 |
| 2000s | 67 | #6,317 (2009) | #12,944 |
| 2010s | 987 | #1,420 (2016) | #2,606 |
| 2020s | 813 | #1,382 (2025) | #1,574 |
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.
Letty in 2025
Top girls' names in 2025
More about 2025
girls
1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 10,173 of them was named Letty, which outranked 92.0% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).
- #1,373Tate160
- #1,380Carsyn159
- #1,380Citlali159
- #1,382Letty158
- #1,382Alitzel158
- #1,382Amilia158
- #1,382Arwen158
- #1,388Alyson157
- #1,388Austyn157
- #1,388Delainey157
Tied with 5 names at #1,382; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.