Girls' name · since 1960
Letetia
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.
- #22,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Letetia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Letetia recorded 160 times among girls since 1960, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1985.
- #22,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letetia ranks #22,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Letetia's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Letetia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Letetia splits its recorded history at 1973: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1968 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Letetia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1985
- Peak year (1971)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Letetia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (67 births, 42% of the file).
1960s was Letetia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Letetia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
67 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 67 births (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.
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What to do with Letetia's data
- Letetia's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 1980s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Letetias (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Letetia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1960–1985 (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 Letetia 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.