Loetta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 429 babies named Loetta between 1915 and 1965, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1940, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loetta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Loetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Nebraska. In total, SSA state-level files list Loetta in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loetta 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 429 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.