Girls' name · since 1909
Laretta
661 babies named Laretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,284 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 661
- born since 1909
- 1940s
- peak decade
661 babies have been named Laretta since 1909, making it today's #13284 girls' name.
Laretta has 661 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13284 as of the latest data, more common than 23% of girls, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #9,899 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,284 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 661 born since 1909
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Laretta ranks #9,899 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,284 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 661 born since 1909, peaking in the 1940s.
- #9,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,284 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 661
- born since 1909
- 1940s
- peak decade
Laretta's 661 recorded births place it above 86.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Laretta compares
661 Top 40% higher than 60% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Laretta's all-time total is 76% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Laretta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 661 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Laretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Laretta's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1909, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1956 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Laretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (1956)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Laretta by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (130 births, 20% of the file).
1940s was Laretta's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Laretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 28
1910s
28 births
- 1920s
1920s
86 births
- 1930s
1930s
114 births
- 1940s
1940s
130 births
- 1950s
1950s
119 births
- 1960s
1960s
85 births
- 1970s 40
1970s
40 births
- 1980s 26
1980s
26 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 130 births (20% of all-time use).
How Laretta compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Laretta's total volume
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What to do with Laretta's data
- Laretta's decade-level peak was the 1940s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Laretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~116 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1909–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Laretta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.