Girls' name · since 1880
Lettie
Lettie has 11,097 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,097
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
11,097 babies have been named Lettie since 1880, making it today's #756 girls' name.
Lettie has 11,097 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #756 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #1,560 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #756 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,097 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lettie ranks #1,560 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #756 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,097 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #1,560 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #756 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,097
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lettie's 11,097 recorded births place it above 97.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Lettie compares
11,097 Top 9% higher than 91% 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
Lettie's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lettie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,097 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 358 | 21 | 19,840 |
Lettie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lettie's SSA record in two at 1950 and the more recent half accounts for 31% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 69%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 358, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lettie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 358
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Lettie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (1,564 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Lettie's strongest decade.
1,564 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Lettie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
783 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,019 births
- 1900s
1900s
1,027 births
- 1910s
1910s
1,420 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,564 births
- 1930s
1930s
1,039 births
- 1940s
1940s
804 births
- 1950s
1950s
628 births
- 1960s 324
1960s
324 births
- 1970s 173
1970s
173 births
- 1980s 83
1980s
83 births
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
730 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,383 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 1,564 births (14% of all-time use).
How Lettie 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 Lettie's total volume
Lettie by state
Where Lettie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 696 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 432 | 3.9% |
| #3 | Alabama | | 427 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 378 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 305 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 289 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 289 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 277 | 2.5% |
696 of 11,097 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Lettie appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Lettie's data
- Lettie's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (1,564 total births) through the 2020s (1,383) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- North Carolina records the most Letties (696 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina 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 Lettie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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 Lettie 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.