Girls' name · since 1880
Letitia
11,408 babies named Letitia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11,408
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
11,408 girls have been named Letitia since 1880, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Letitia has 11,408 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2024.
- #1,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11,408 born since 1880
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letitia ranks #1,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11,408 born since 1880, peaking in the 1960s.
- #1,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11,408
- born since 1880
- 1960s
- peak decade
Letitia's 11,408 recorded births place it above 97.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
36 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Letitia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Letitia's full recorded timeline at 1947, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 329 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Letitia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2024
- Peak year (1964)
- 329
- Annual births at peak, across 145 years of records
Letitia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (2,645 births, 23% of the file).
1960s was Letitia's strongest decade.
2,645 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Letitia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 226
1880s
226 births
- 1890s 281
1890s
281 births
- 1900s 235
1900s
235 births
- 1910s 543
1910s
543 births
- 1920s 578
1920s
578 births
- 1930s 610
1930s
610 births
- 1940s 906
1940s
906 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,205 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,645 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,482 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,201 births
- 1990s 388
1990s
388 births
- 2000s 72
2000s
72 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 17
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 2,645 births (23% of all-time use).
How Letitia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Letitia's total volume
Letitia by state
Where Letitia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 825 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 771 | 6.8% |
| #3 | California | | 642 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 486 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 480 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 346 | 3.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 339 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Florida | | 325 | 2.8% |
825 of 11,408 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Letitia appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Letitia's data
- Letitia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (2,645 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Letitias (825 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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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Letitia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~144 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, 1880–2024 (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 Letitia 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.