Loretha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loretha

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,792 babies named Loretha between 1910 and 1995, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loretha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loretha performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 380 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Loretha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 108 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Loretha in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loretha 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 1,792 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.