Luretta — girls' name
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.
23% of everyone ever named Luretta was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Luretta in 1923 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Luretta
The Social Security Administration has registered 341 babies named Luretta between 1904 and 1961, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Luretta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Luretta performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Luretta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Luretta 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 341 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.
Luretta at a glance
Last recorded 1961Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Luretta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1904
- Peak year (1923)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1961.
341 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1923 with 15 births in a single year.
Luretta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 78 births that decade — 23% of Luretta's all-time total
Luretta decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Luretta's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1904–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.