Lauretta
Lauretta was given to 11 girls in 2025, #9,207 among girls’ names; 9,710 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,190 Americans named Lauretta and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (33% of everyone recorded); the median is 70 years old and half are between 60 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lauretta by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lauretta mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lauretta is “a female given name from Latin.”
An Italian pet form of Laura; first introduced into English as the name of one of the narrators in the Decameron.
/ˌləˈɹɛtə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lauretta?
#9,207 among girls’ names, 2025
Lauretta rose from #13,833 in 2015 to #9,207 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.9 to 6.8 per million.
224 babies in 1915, the peak
Lauretta peaked in 1915, when 224 girls were given it, #402 among girls’ names. The 11 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #9,207 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,798 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,011 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 10 | #10,091 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,854 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,672 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,156 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,024 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 7 | #13,498 | under 0.01 |
| 2016 | 12 | #9,169 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #13,833 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,507 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,109 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,381 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 6 | #16,354 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 7 | #14,690 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,013 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 12 | #9,017 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,966 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,553 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,552 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,843 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,020 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,882 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,317 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,689 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,865 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,302 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,814 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,621 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 11 | #7,237 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,079 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 10 | #7,089 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,640 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,360 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,092 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,469 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,483 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,890 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,405 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,603 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,387 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,986 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,140 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,733 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,724 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,875 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,555 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 36 | #2,226 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,846 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,426 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,821 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 60 | #1,435 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,409 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 71 | #1,283 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 77 | #1,260 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 64 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 78 | #1,253 | 0.04 |
| 1961 | 95 | #1,129 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 95 | #1,106 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 109 | #1,015 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 124 | #927 | 0.06 |
| 1957 | 127 | #903 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 124 | #899 | 0.06 |
| 1955 | 142 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1954 | 135 | #809 | 0.07 |
| 1953 | 121 | #844 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 131 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1951 | 114 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 129 | #762 | 0.08 |
| 1949 | 127 | #768 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 121 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 142 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 128 | #712 | 0.08 |
| 1945 | 112 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1944 | 98 | #772 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 110 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 112 | #705 | 0.08 |
| 1941 | 117 | #657 | 0.10 |
| 1940 | 133 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1939 | 134 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 120 | #626 | 0.11 |
| 1937 | 104 | #668 | 0.10 |
| 1936 | 137 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 122 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1934 | 114 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 110 | #621 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 115 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 131 | #577 | 0.12 |
| 1930 | 136 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1929 | 136 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1928 | 155 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1927 | 182 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 154 | #573 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 201 | #495 | 0.17 |
| 1924 | 189 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1923 | 178 | #532 | 0.15 |
| 1922 | 214 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 187 | #520 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 180 | #527 | 0.15 |
| 1919 | 210 | #460 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 224 | #443 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 188 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 223 | #419 | 0.21 |
| 1915 | 224 | #402 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 145 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 116 | #466 | 0.19 |
| 1912 | 111 | #450 | 0.20 |
| 1911 | 94 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1910 | 86 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1909 | 74 | #430 | 0.21 |
| 1908 | 69 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 68 | #432 | 0.21 |
| 1906 | 49 | #494 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 53 | #467 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 86 | #352 | 0.31 |
| 1903 | 63 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1902 | 55 | #417 | 0.21 |
| 1901 | 54 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1900 | 83 | #371 | 0.28 |
| 1899 | 42 | #450 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 60 | #398 | 0.23 |
| 1897 | 56 | #389 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 61 | #369 | 0.26 |
| 1895 | 55 | #376 | 0.24 |
| 1894 | 38 | #454 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 36 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1892 | 41 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 36 | #418 | 0.19 |
| 1890 | 39 | #407 | 0.20 |
| 1889 | 29 | #461 | 0.16 |
| 1888 | 38 | #400 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 17 | #546 | 0.12 |
| 1886 | 20 | #497 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 13 | #619 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 10 | #708 | 0.08 |
| 1883 | 13 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 12 | #550 | 0.11 |
| 1881 | 15 | #440 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 6 | #796 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lauretta a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lauretta has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lauretta: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lauretta, and how old are they?
3,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 33% of the 9,710 Americans ever recorded as Lauretta. The median Lauretta alive today is 70 years old; half are between 60 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 3,884 people named Lauretta (3,880 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,806 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 624 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,670 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 474 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 218 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 65 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 124 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lauretta born?
The states with the most babies named Lauretta are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 808 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 663 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 457 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 441 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Ohio | 422 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 360 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 287 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Wisconsin | 184 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 142 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New Jersey | 107 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Lauretta is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lauretta is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lauretta with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 192,274 babies since 1880, Lauretta is the second most given (5.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 11 of their 502 babies (2.2%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lauretta
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lauretta and names like it
- Compare Lauretta and LorettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sLauretta peaked in 1915.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lauretta since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Lauretta: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Lauretta.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lauretta alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.