Girls' name · since 1906
Lettye
Lettye has 27 recorded births since 1906 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lettye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 27 have been recorded since 1906.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lettye has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1906, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1906 to 1941.
- #42,318 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1906
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lettye ranks #42,318 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1906, peaking in the 1920s.
- #42,318 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1906
- 1920s
- peak decade
Lettye's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lettye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lettye's full recorded timeline at 1924, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1906, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lettye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1906–1941
- Peak year (1924)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Lettye by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (11 births, 41% of the file).
1920s was Lettye's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Lettye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1930s
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 11 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Lettye's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 1940s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lettye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1906–1941 (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 Lettye 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.