Loreto — boys' name

What the Data Says About Loreto

The Social Security Administration has registered 494 babies named Loreto between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Loreto currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loreto performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Loreto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Loreto in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loreto 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 494 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.