Loretto — girls' name

What the Data Says About Loretto

The Social Security Administration has registered 923 babies named Loretto between 1882 and 1964, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Loretto currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Loretto performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Loretto shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Loretto in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Loretto 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 923 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.