Letetia — girls' name
160 babies named Letetia in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
160 girls have been named Letetia since 1960, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1985.
- 160
- total births
- 1960–1985
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 42%
- born in that decade
42% of everyone ever named Letetia was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Letetia in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Letetia
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Letetia between 1960 and 1985, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Letetia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Letetia performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Letetia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Letetia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Letetia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Letetia at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Letetia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1960
- Peak year (1971)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
160 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 14 births in a single year.
Letetia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 67 births that decade — 42% of Letetia's all-time total
Letetia decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 66 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Letetia's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Letetia by state
Where Letetia concentrates geographically — total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1960–1985 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.