Lettice — girls' name
18 babies named Lettice in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Lettice since 1922, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1969.
- 18
- total births
- 1922–1969
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
44% of everyone ever named Lettice was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Lettice in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lettice
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Lettice between 1922 and 1969, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lettice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lettice performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lettice shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lettice in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lettice at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lettice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1922
- Peak year (1922)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
18 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 8 births in a single year.
Lettice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 8 births that decade — 44% of Lettice's all-time total
Lettice decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Lettice's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1969 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.