Letty
Letty was given to 158 girls in 2025, #1,386 among girls’ names; 4,615 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,070 Americans named Letty and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (67% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 6 and 60.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Letty by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Letty mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Letty is “a diminutive of the female given name Letitia.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Lettice.”
From Letitia + -y.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Letty?
#1,386 among girls’ names, 2025
Letty rose from #1,671 in 2015 to #1,386 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 71.7 to 98.3 per million.
163 babies in 2016, the peak
Letty peaked in 2016, when 163 girls were given it, #1,423 among girls’ names. The 158 births of 2025 are 97% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 158 | #1,386 | 98.3 |
| 2024 | 130 | #1,612 | 80.2 |
| 2023 | 150 | #1,466 | 93.5 |
| 2022 | 134 | #1,587 | 81.7 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,705 | 74.4 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,710 | 73.6 |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,482 | 88.8 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,516 | 84.7 |
| 2017 | 157 | #1,445 | 90.9 |
| 2016 | 163 | #1,423 | 92.0 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 128 | #1,671 | 71.7 |
| 2014 | 99 | #2,003 | 55.4 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,296 | 27.9 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,255 | 19.9 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,634 | 17.6 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,553 | 18.0 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,450 | 11.4 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,286 | 2.6 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,464 | 3.7 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,050 | 2.7 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,615 | 6.0 |
| 2002 | 6 | #14,653 | 3.3 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,572 | 3.3 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,203 | 3.3 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,692 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,979 | 5.7 |
| 1997 | 8 | #10,370 | 4.6 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,239 | 5.1 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,112 | 4.5 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,266 | 5.0 |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,742 | 3.3 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,500 | 7.6 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,332 | 5.3 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,317 | 12.1 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,998 | 7.6 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,869 | 3.9 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,459 | 8.1 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,900 | 5.8 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,976 | 4.6 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,035 | 6.6 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,169 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,442 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,762 | 3.6 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,726 | 13.1 |
| 1978 | 13 | #5,071 | 8.5 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,802 | 9.1 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,256 | 10.2 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,457 | 13.7 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,637 | 12.3 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,389 | 6.9 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,862 | 15.8 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,705 | 7.2 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,073 | 12.6 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,234 | 19.6 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,673 | 14.0 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,675 | 13.3 |
| 1966 | 19 | #2,897 | 11.2 |
| 1965 | 36 | #1,936 | 20.4 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,821 | 22.2 |
| 1963 | 39 | #1,885 | 20.2 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,745 | 21.9 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,706 | 22.3 |
| 1960 | 48 | #1,627 | 23.7 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,867 | 17.8 |
| 1958 | 63 | #1,338 | 31.3 |
| 1957 | 30 | #2,010 | 14.7 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,817 | 17.4 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,960 | 15.3 |
| 1954 | 23 | #2,265 | 11.8 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,952 | 14.9 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,911 | 15.1 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,350 | 10.6 |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,887 | 15.2 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,752 | 17.5 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,691 | 18.3 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,499 | 22.6 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,429 | 24.2 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,608 | 20.7 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,418 | 24.9 |
| 1943 | 31 | #1,507 | 22.2 |
| 1942 | 57 | #1,042 | 42.2 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,328 | 28.1 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,196 | 33.2 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,138 | 37.4 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,297 | 29.0 |
| 1937 | 39 | #1,153 | 36.7 |
| 1936 | 33 | #1,258 | 31.7 |
| 1935 | 46 | #1,028 | 43.9 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,041 | 43.1 |
| 1933 | 44 | #1,058 | 43.7 |
| 1932 | 56 | #949 | 52.5 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,305 | 30.1 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,512 | 24.0 |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,251 | 32.2 |
| 1928 | 54 | #1,021 | 46.8 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,167 | 36.9 |
| 1926 | 58 | #984 | 48.9 |
| 1925 | 50 | #1,083 | 41.1 |
| 1924 | 64 | #957 | 51.2 |
| 1923 | 41 | #1,221 | 34.0 |
| 1922 | 39 | #1,260 | 32.5 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,268 | 30.8 |
| 1920 | 50 | #1,058 | 41.7 |
| 1919 | 48 | #1,047 | 42.5 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,172 | 35.4 |
| 1917 | 36 | #1,213 | 33.3 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,508 | 23.9 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,241 | 32.5 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,413 | 27.6 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,499 | 25.6 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,388 | 28.7 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,503 | 26.3 |
| 1910 | 15 | #1,188 | 37.8 |
| 1909 | 14 | #1,130 | 40.3 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,989 | 17.9 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,066 | 43.9 |
| 1906 | 15 | #990 | 50.8 |
| 1905 | 15 | #992 | 51.4 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,316 | 32.7 |
| 1903 | 14 | #955 | 53.4 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,283 | 33.4 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,083 | 43.4 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,066 | 42.9 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,611 | 23.2 |
| 1897 | 9 | #1,128 | 38.4 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,264 | 33.6 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,091 | 42.8 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,603 | 22.4 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,057 | 42.3 |
| 1892 | 14 | #819 | 65.9 |
| 1891 | 9 | #976 | 48.5 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,080 | 39.2 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,096 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,199 | 34.6 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,096 | 38.8 |
| 1880 | 5 | #888 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Letty a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Letty has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Letty: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Letty, and how old are they?
3,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 67% of the 4,615 Americans ever recorded as Letty. The median Letty alive today is 11 years old; half are between 6 and 60.
The 2020 Census counted 3,489 people named Letty (3,470 women and girls, 19 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,499 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 201 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 528 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 284 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 162 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 196 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,690 |
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 Letty born?
The states with the most babies named Letty are Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania, with 36% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 11 | #848 | 0.5× |
| Minnesota | 10 | #526 | 0.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 9 | #974 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 7 | #2,803 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 7 | #995 | 0.1× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,340 | 0.3× |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,065 | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #750 | 0.5× |
| Maryland | 6 | #797 | 0.1× |
| North Dakota | 6 | #180 | 0.3× |
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 Letty 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 40,734 babies since 1880, Letty is the fourth most given (11% of them). In 2025 it was given to 158 of their 569 babies (28%), the second 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 Letty
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 Letty and names like it
- Compare Letty and LetaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sLetty peaked in 2016.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Letty since 1910.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Letty.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Letty alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.