Loletta — girls' name
256 babies named Loletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Loletta was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Loletta in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Loletta
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Loletta between 1918 and 1984, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loletta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Loletta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Loletta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Loletta 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 256 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.
Loletta at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Loletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1918
- Peak year (1956)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
256 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 10 births in a single year.
Loletta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 53 births that decade — 21% of Loletta's all-time total
Loletta decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Loletta's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
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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, 1918–1984 (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.