Loreta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loreta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,225 babies named Loreta between 1900 and 2021, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loreta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loreta performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 259 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Loreta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 137 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Loreta in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loreta 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 1,225 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.