Girls' name · since 1880
Lauretta
Lauretta has 9,710 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,710
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
9,710 babies have been named Lauretta since 1880, making it today's #8865 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lauretta recorded 9,710 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #8865 nationally today, ahead of 49% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,705 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,865 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 9,710 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lauretta ranks #1,705 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,865 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 9,710 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,705 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 9,710
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lauretta's 9,710 recorded births place it above 97.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Lauretta compares
9,710 Top 10% higher than 90% 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
Lauretta's all-time total is 26x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lauretta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 9,710 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 224 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lauretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lauretta's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 27% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 73%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1915 peak of 224, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lauretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1915)
- 224
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lauretta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,776 births, 18% of the file).
1920s was Lauretta's strongest decade.
1,776 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Lauretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 173
1880s
173 births
- 1890s 464
1890s
464 births
- 1900s 654
1900s
654 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,621 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,776 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,223 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,200 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,256 births
- 1960s 673
1960s
673 births
- 1970s 241
1970s
241 births
- 1980s 157
1980s
157 births
- 1990s 94
1990s
94 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s 63
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 67
2020s
67 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,776 births (18% of all-time use).
How Lauretta 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 Lauretta's total volume
Lauretta by state
Where Lauretta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 808 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 663 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 457 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Massachusetts | | 441 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 422 | 4.3% |
| #6 | California | | 360 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 287 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 184 | 1.9% |
808 of 9,710 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Lauretta appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lauretta's data
- Lauretta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (1,776 total births); usage has since declined to 67 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Laurettas (808 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lauretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Lauretta 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.