Letty — #1604 US girls' name
4,454 babies named Letty in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 91% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Letty was born in this single decade.
163 babies were named Letty in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Letty
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,454 babies named Letty between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Letty currently holds the #1604 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 163 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Letty performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 984 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Letty shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 235 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Letty in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Letty 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 4,454 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.
Letty at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Letty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2016)
- 163
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1604 among girls.
4,454 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 163 births in a single year.
Letty by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 984 births that decade — 22% of Letty's all-time total
Letty decade highlights
- Peak decade 984 births
- Runner-up 655 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Letty's strongest decade
984 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Letty by state
Where Letty concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 235 | 5.3% |
| #2 | California | | 200 | 4.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 113 | 2.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 98 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 90 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 66 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 61 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 54 | 1.2% |
235 of 4,454 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Letty appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.