Girls' name · since 1880
Letta
Letta has 782 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 782
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Letta currently ranks #11942 among girls' names in America, with 782 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Letta recorded 782 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #11942 nationally today, ahead of 31% of girls, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #8,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,942 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 782 born since 1880
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letta ranks #8,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,942 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 782 born since 1880, peaking in the 1930s.
- #8,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,942 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 782
- born since 1880
- 1930s
- peak decade
Letta's 782 recorded births place it above 87.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Letta compares
782 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Letta's all-time total is 108% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Letta | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 782 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Letta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Letta's SSA record in two at 1932 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Letta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1971)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Letta by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (111 births, 14% of the file).
1930s was Letta's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Letta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
79 births
- 1890s
1890s
89 births
- 1900s 31
1900s
31 births
- 1910s
1910s
81 births
- 1920s
1920s
107 births
- 1930s
1930s
111 births
- 1940s
1940s
50 births
- 1950s
1950s
68 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 111 births (14% of all-time use).
How Letta 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 Letta's total volume
Letta by state
Where Letta concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
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What to do with Letta's data
- Letta's decade-level peak was the 1930s (111 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Lettas (11 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Letta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Letta 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.