Lorretta

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031

Peak · girls
1939 · 50 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,708
since 1893

Lorretta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lorretta has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #996, 1939girls
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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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2000#15,0315
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1997#9,0179
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1995#11,7836
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1993#13,4425
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1990#8,5019
1989#8,0379
1988#10,3866
1987#6,78810
1986#7,1349
1985#5,67812
1984#4,47816
1983#6,21210
1982#10,5175
1981#7,4098
1980#5,24513
1979#4,23117
1978#4,93113
1977#3,76119
1976#4,36314
1975#3,15522
1974#2,61628
1973#2,17136
1972#2,13536
1971#1,82848
1970#2,12038
1969#1,83545
1968#1,64749
1967#1,75143
1966#1,56851
1965#1,68944
1964#1,63549
1963#1,95236
1962#1,40762
1961#1,58051
1960#1,50154
1959#1,35862
1958#1,55747
1957#1,34462
1956#1,36558
1955#1,51645
1954#1,44448
1953#1,47344
1952#1,68034
1951#1,52838
1950#1,43341
1949#1,30449
1948#1,40943
1947#1,37745
1946#1,36041
1945#1,45031
1944#1,34036
1943#1,52730
1942#1,19544
1941#1,13343
1940#1,02349
1939#99650
1938#1,07944
1937#1,11641
1936#1,15038
1935#1,18236
1934#1,07942
1933#1,10240
1932#1,17637
1931#1,14839
1930#1,60724
1929#1,48727
1928#1,54127
1927#1,30337
1926#1,44931
1925#1,22540
1924#1,35436
1923#1,26738
1922#1,53629
1921#1,51430
1920#1,37533
1919#1,56526
1918#1,64524
1917#1,60523
1916#1,29831
1915#1,80018
1914#1,38521
1913#2,5407
1912#1,62012
1911#2,1916
1910#1,9357
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1906#1,9515
1905#1,2989
1904#1,8775
1903#1,7925
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First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Lorretta! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Lorretta is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #605 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,458 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #588 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,603 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Lorretta, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#588 · 1 in 7,603
  2. Pennsylvania#605 · 1 in 14,458

Best ever in a state: #316 in New Mexico, 1956.

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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 Lorretta
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
  • Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1939 (#1,079 → #996)
  • Biggest drop: 27 spots in 1940 (#996 → #1,023)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1939 at #996 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,932
  • Highest: 1 in 21,932 girls born in 1939 were named Lorretta (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Lorretta (484) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s5#1,437 (1893)#1,437
1900s32#1,298 (1905)#1,670
1910s175#1,298 (1916)#1,758
1920s328#1,225 (1925)#1,405
1930s391#996 (1939)#1,164
1940s411#1,023 (1940)#1,312
1950s479#1,344 (1957)#1,470
1960s484#1,407 (1962)#1,657
1970s271#1,828 (1971)#3,131
1980s98#4,478 (1984)#7,188
1990s29#8,501 (1990)#10,686
2000s5#15,031 (2000)#15,031

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.

Lorretta in 1939

girls
#996
50 births · 1 in 21,932 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #996Lorretta50
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 21,932 of them was named Lorretta, which outranked 79.9% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lorretta
  1. #987Neoma51
  2. #987Simone51
  3. #987Walter51
  4. #996Lorretta50
  5. #996Beverlee50
  6. #996Cassie50
  7. #996Coral50
  8. #1,009Audry49
  9. #1,009Bethel49
  10. #1,009Catalina49

Tied with 12 names at #996; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →