Girls' name · since 1962
Letonia
86 babies named Letonia in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
86 girls have been named Letonia since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Letonia has 86 recorded births among girls since 1962, 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 1962 to 1975.
- #28,841 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 86 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letonia ranks #28,841 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 86 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #28,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 86
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Letonia's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Letonia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Letonia's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1966, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1972 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Letonia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1975
- Peak year (1972)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Letonia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (54 births, 63% of the file).
1970s was Letonia's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Letonia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
32 births
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 54 births (63% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Letonia: 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 (~13 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, 1962–1975 (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 Letonia 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.