Girls' name · since 1880
Letty
Letty has 4,615 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,382 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,615
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Letty currently ranks #1382 among girls' names in America, with 4,615 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Letty recorded 4,615 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #1382 nationally today, ahead of 92% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,707 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,382 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,615 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Letty ranks #2,707 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,382 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,615 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,707 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,382 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,615
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Letty's 4,615 recorded births place it above 96.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Letty compares
4,615 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Letty's all-time total is 12x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Letty | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,615 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 163 | 21 | 19,840 |
Letty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Letty splits its recorded history at 1955: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1880 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 163 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Letty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 163
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Letty by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (987 births, 21% of the file).
2010s was Letty's strongest decade.
987 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Letty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 28
1880s
28 births
- 1890s 80
1890s
80 births
- 1900s 108
1900s
108 births
- 1910s 261
1910s
261 births
- 1920s
1920s
474 births
- 1930s
1930s
395 births
- 1940s 359
1940s
359 births
- 1950s 318
1950s
318 births
- 1960s 350
1960s
350 births
- 1970s 169
1970s
169 births
- 1980s 94
1980s
94 births
- 1990s 112
1990s
112 births
- 2000s 67
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
987 births
- 2020s
2020s
813 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 987 births (21% of all-time use).
How Letty 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 Letty's total volume
Letty by state
Where Letty concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 242 | 5.2% |
| #2 | California | | 200 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 122 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 101 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 98 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 76 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 61 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 58 | 1.3% |
242 of 4,615 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Letty appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Letty's data
- Letty's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (987 total births) through the 2020s (813) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Lettys (242 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Letty: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
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 Letty 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.