Girls' name · since 1968
Letina
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 84 babies named Letina, peaking in 1972. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
84 girls have been named Letina since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Letina has 84 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 1986.
- #29,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 84 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letina ranks #29,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 84
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Letina's 84 recorded births place it above 59.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Letina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Letina's SSA record in two at 1976 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Letina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1986
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1986.
84 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Letina by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (46 births, 55% of the file).
1970s was Letina's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Letina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 46 births (55% of all-time use).
Letina decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Letina's data
- Letina's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 1980s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Letina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1968–1986 (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 Letina 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.
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