Girls' name · since 1954
Loritta
23 babies named Loritta in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Loritta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1954.
Social Security Administration records show Loritta recorded 23 times among girls since 1954, 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 1954 to 1966.
- #44,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Loritta ranks #44,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #44,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Loritta's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Loritta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Loritta splits its recorded history at 1965: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1954 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Loritta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1966
- Peak year (1954)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Loritta by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (17 births, 74% of the file).
1960s was Loritta's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Loritta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 17 births (74% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Loritta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1954–1966 (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 Loritta 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.