Girls' name · since 1918
Loletta
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.
- #17,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
256 girls have been named Loletta since 1918, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Loletta recorded 256 times among girls since 1918, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 1984.
- #17,384 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 256 born since 1918
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loletta ranks #17,384 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 256 born since 1918, peaking in the 1960s.
- #17,384 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 256
- born since 1918
- 1960s
- peak decade
Loletta's 256 recorded births place it above 75.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loletta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Loletta splits its recorded history at 1954: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1956 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Loletta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1984
- Peak year (1956)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Loletta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (53 births, 21% of the file).
1960s was Loletta's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Loletta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
36 births
- 1950s
1950s
49 births
- 1960s
1960s
53 births
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 53 births (21% of all-time use).
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What to do with Loletta's data
- Loletta's decade-level peak was the 1960s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loletta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1956)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1918–1984 (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 Loletta 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.