Girls' name · since 1904
Luretta
341 babies named Luretta in U.S. Social Security records since 1904, with the highest year being 1923. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 341
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
341 girls have been named Luretta since 1904, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luretta has been recorded 341 times among girls since 1904, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1904 to 1961.
- #14,860 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 341 born since 1904
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Luretta ranks #14,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 341 born since 1904, peaking in the 1920s.
- #14,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 341
- born since 1904
- 1920s
- peak decade
Luretta's 341 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Luretta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Luretta's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1907, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1923 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Luretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1904–1961
- Peak year (1923)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Luretta by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (78 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Luretta's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Luretta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 22
1900s
22 births
- 1910s
1910s
71 births
- 1920s
1920s
78 births
- 1930s
1930s
60 births
- 1940s
1940s
66 births
- 1950s
1950s
36 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 78 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Luretta's data
- Luretta's decade-level peak was the 1920s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Luretta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1923)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
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, 1904–1961 (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 Luretta 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.