Lettye — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lettye

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Lettye between 1906 and 1941, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lettye currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1941. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lettye performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lettye shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lettye 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 27 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.