Letitia
Letitia was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 11,408 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,900 Americans named Letitia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 56 years old and half are between 48 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Letitia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Letitia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Letitia is “a female given name from Latin, popular in medieval England; rather rare today.” Its etymology gives the sense “gladness” (laetitia).
Name of an obscure Spanish saint, Leticia, from Latin laetitia “gladness”.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Letitia?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,892, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
329 babies in 1964, the peak
Letitia peaked in 1964, when 329 girls were given it, #545 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,892 | under 0.01 |
| 2021 | 5 | #16,672 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,506 | under 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,038 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,140 | under 0.01 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,064 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,611 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,224 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,845 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,049 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (135)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | #11,230 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,416 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,018 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,854 | under 0.01 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,829 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,691 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,707 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,350 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 27 | #4,000 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,539 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 39 | #3,011 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,854 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 61 | #2,205 | 0.03 |
| 1991 | 64 | #2,096 | 0.03 |
| 1990 | 76 | #1,866 | 0.04 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,900 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 90 | #1,510 | 0.05 |
| 1987 | 93 | #1,420 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 93 | #1,386 | 0.05 |
| 1985 | 107 | #1,266 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 103 | #1,249 | 0.06 |
| 1983 | 136 | #1,031 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 176 | #878 | 0.10 |
| 1981 | 150 | #979 | 0.09 |
| 1980 | 184 | #848 | 0.11 |
| 1979 | 194 | #816 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 231 | #689 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 230 | #681 | 0.15 |
| 1976 | 230 | #667 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 262 | #607 | 0.18 |
| 1974 | 262 | #603 | 0.18 |
| 1973 | 278 | #577 | 0.19 |
| 1972 | 247 | #630 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 301 | #581 | 0.18 |
| 1970 | 247 | #657 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 239 | #642 | 0.14 |
| 1968 | 234 | #631 | 0.14 |
| 1967 | 254 | #598 | 0.15 |
| 1966 | 281 | #569 | 0.17 |
| 1965 | 281 | #569 | 0.16 |
| 1964 | 329 | #545 | 0.17 |
| 1963 | 272 | #609 | 0.14 |
| 1962 | 254 | #633 | 0.13 |
| 1961 | 300 | #579 | 0.15 |
| 1960 | 201 | #719 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 148 | #840 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 149 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 132 | #891 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 106 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 118 | #902 | 0.06 |
| 1954 | 115 | #895 | 0.06 |
| 1953 | 115 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 93 | #977 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 111 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 118 | #800 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 112 | #833 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 100 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1947 | 94 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1946 | 83 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 76 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 72 | #902 | 0.05 |
| 1943 | 84 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1942 | 89 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 106 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 90 | #732 | 0.08 |
| 1939 | 63 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1938 | 64 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 71 | #817 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 62 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 57 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 63 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 56 | #910 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 71 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 64 | #911 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 46 | #1,086 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 53 | #1,034 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 61 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 52 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 58 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 73 | #883 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 61 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 61 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 59 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 54 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 56 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 59 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 77 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 70 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 76 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 49 | #755 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 38 | #814 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 34 | #747 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 30 | #787 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 19 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 20 | #900 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 24 | #768 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 25 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 27 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 21 | #793 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 23 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1902 | 28 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 18 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 30 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 29 | #574 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 29 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 23 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 31 | #542 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 29 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 37 | #461 | 0.17 |
| 1893 | 32 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 28 | #519 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 23 | #552 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 20 | #591 | 0.11 |
| 1889 | 25 | #503 | 0.14 |
| 1888 | 26 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1887 | 29 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1886 | 25 | #434 | 0.17 |
| 1885 | 18 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 20 | #458 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 23 | #390 | 0.20 |
| 1882 | 19 | #426 | 0.18 |
| 1881 | 19 | #386 | 0.21 |
| 1880 | 22 | #346 | 0.24 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Letitia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Letitia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 135 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Letitia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Letitia, and how old are they?
7,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 11,408 Americans ever recorded as Letitia. The median Letitia alive today is 56 years old; half are between 48 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 7,875 people named Letitia (7,869 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,414 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 399 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,370 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,660 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,320 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 124 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 30 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Letitia born?
The states with the most babies named Letitia are New York, Pennsylvania and California, with 33% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 825 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 771 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| California | 642 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 486 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 480 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 346 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 339 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 325 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 295 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 278 | not ranked | 1.1× |
Where Letitia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Letitia is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Letitia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 25,850 babies since 1880, Letitia is the most given (44% of them). In 2025 none of their 401 babies recorded by SSA was a Letitia (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Letitia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Letitia and names like it
- Compare Letitia and LettieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLetitia peaked in 1964.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Letitia since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Letitia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Letitia.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Letitia alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with LMost given first.