Leticia — #1762 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Leticia

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,860 babies named Leticia between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Leticia currently holds the #1762 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 1,070 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Leticia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 10,155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Leticia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14,550 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Leticia in 39 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Leticia 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 42,860 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.