Lettie
Lettie was given to 358 girls in 2025, #757 among girls’ names; 11,097 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,940 Americans named Lettie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (36% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 4 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lettie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lettie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lettie is “a diminutive of the female given name Letitia or Lettice.”
From Letitia + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lettie?
#757 among girls’ names, 2025
Lettie rose from #1,927 in 2015 to #757 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.06 to 0.22 per 1,000.
358 babies in 2025, the peak
Lettie peaked in 2025, when 358 girls were given it, #757 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 282 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 358 | #757 | 0.22 |
| 2024 | 282 | #936 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 215 | #1,134 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 207 | #1,169 | 0.13 |
| 2021 | 174 | #1,302 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 147 | #1,465 | 0.09 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,567 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,781 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 84 | #2,247 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 106 | #1,906 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (140)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 105 | #1,927 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 69 | #2,570 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,051 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,341 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,289 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,342 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,136 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 6 | #16,612 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,379 | under 0.01 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,463 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,492 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,109 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,019 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 6 | #13,654 | under 0.01 |
| 1998 | 5 | #15,498 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,095 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,238 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #11,215 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,916 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,013 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #7,125 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,347 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,446 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,264 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,975 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,133 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 5 | #11,216 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,388 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,119 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 11 | #6,141 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,521 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,568 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,152 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,417 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,112 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,500 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,724 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,476 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,441 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,510 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,961 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,924 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 30 | #2,195 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,490 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 34 | #2,016 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,905 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,115 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,744 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,881 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,737 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,410 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 50 | #1,518 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 69 | #1,215 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 66 | #1,225 | 0.03 |
| 1953 | 61 | #1,243 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 76 | #1,083 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,231 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 68 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 68 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1948 | 91 | #911 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 75 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 67 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 77 | #860 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 75 | #886 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 93 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 101 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 82 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 75 | #825 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 100 | #678 | 0.09 |
| 1938 | 89 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 94 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1936 | 98 | #668 | 0.09 |
| 1935 | 106 | #632 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 115 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 109 | #627 | 0.11 |
| 1932 | 115 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 91 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1930 | 122 | #628 | 0.11 |
| 1929 | 123 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1928 | 103 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1927 | 136 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1926 | 154 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1925 | 174 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1924 | 201 | #493 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 187 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 151 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1921 | 183 | #524 | 0.15 |
| 1920 | 152 | #581 | 0.13 |
| 1919 | 170 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1918 | 161 | #559 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 164 | #521 | 0.15 |
| 1916 | 168 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 190 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1914 | 133 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 142 | #414 | 0.23 |
| 1912 | 95 | #491 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 95 | #415 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 102 | #393 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 94 | #383 | 0.27 |
| 1908 | 116 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1907 | 108 | #337 | 0.34 |
| 1906 | 105 | #330 | 0.36 |
| 1905 | 98 | #344 | 0.34 |
| 1904 | 81 | #364 | 0.29 |
| 1903 | 79 | #357 | 0.30 |
| 1902 | 108 | #306 | 0.41 |
| 1901 | 95 | #306 | 0.40 |
| 1900 | 143 | #272 | 0.48 |
| 1899 | 89 | #318 | 0.38 |
| 1898 | 120 | #280 | 0.46 |
| 1897 | 99 | #285 | 0.42 |
| 1896 | 98 | #295 | 0.41 |
| 1895 | 107 | #274 | 0.46 |
| 1894 | 119 | #248 | 0.53 |
| 1893 | 99 | #270 | 0.46 |
| 1892 | 102 | #262 | 0.48 |
| 1891 | 90 | #257 | 0.49 |
| 1890 | 96 | #254 | 0.50 |
| 1889 | 87 | #253 | 0.49 |
| 1888 | 90 | #246 | 0.50 |
| 1887 | 98 | #207 | 0.67 |
| 1886 | 86 | #213 | 0.60 |
| 1885 | 70 | #239 | 0.53 |
| 1884 | 72 | #227 | 0.56 |
| 1883 | 82 | #185 | 0.73 |
| 1882 | 68 | #201 | 0.63 |
| 1881 | 68 | #184 | 0.74 |
| 1880 | 62 | #195 | 0.68 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lettie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lettie has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 140 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lettie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lettie, and how old are they?
3,940 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 36% of the 11,097 Americans ever recorded as Lettie. The median Lettie alive today is 12 years old; half are between 4 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 2,765 people named Lettie (2,759 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,105 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 488 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 854 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 289 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 117 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 148 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,020 |
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 Lettie born?
The states with the most babies named Lettie are Tennessee, Minnesota and North Carolina, with 20% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Tennessee and Minnesota are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 22 | #372 | 1.4× |
| Minnesota | 20 | #279 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 19 | #569 | 2.5× |
| Ohio | 18 | #579 | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #304 | 0.5× |
| Missouri | 17 | #365 | 0.6× |
| Utah | 17 | #268 | 1.1× |
| Alabama | 16 | #309 | 2.1× |
| Indiana | 16 | #435 | 0.4× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,582 | 0.8× |
Where Lettie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lettie is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.6 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 Lettie 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 29,119 babies since 1880, Lettie is the second most given (38% of them). In 2025 it was given to 358 of their 559 babies (64%), the most given that year.
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 Lettie
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 Lettie and names like it
- Compare Lettie and LetitiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLettie peaked in 2025.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lettie since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Lettie.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lettie alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.