Loretta
Rank in 2025
#606
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
485
girls 485
Peak year
1938
3,913 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
178,066
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Loretta was most popular in 1938, when 3,913 babies recorded as girls got the name (3.5 per 1,000). In 2025, 485 babies were named Loretta, ranking #606 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 74%.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 485 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 423 | 677 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 371 | 757 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 346 | 810 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 300 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 272 | 942 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 252 | 1020 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 232 | 1085 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 229 | 1102 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 240 | 1082 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 219 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 179 | 1321 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 121 | 1713 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 124 | 1690 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 111 | 1817 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 97 | 2043 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 84 | 2316 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 112 | 1890 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 105 | 1957 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 113 | 1809 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 103 | 1878 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 90 | 2030 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 2167 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 76 | 2178 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 77 | 2126 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 92 | 1855 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 102 | 1636 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 102 | 1597 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 109 | 1496 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 139 | 1256 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 124 | 1330 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 135 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 137 | 1254 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 141 | 1231 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 184 | 1009 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 207 | 921 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 201 | 907 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 251 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 269 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 297 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 287 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 309 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 347 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 413 | 492 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 487 | 439 | 5 | 6262 |
| 1980 | 418 | 494 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 495 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 481 | 420 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 571 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 671 | 333 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 778 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 956 | 266 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 972 | 257 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 1,047 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 1,304 | 228 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 1,365 | 231 | 5 | 4724 |
| 1969 | 1,541 | 204 | 7 | 3595 |
| 1968 | 1,627 | 194 | 8 | 3107 |
| 1967 | 1,803 | 177 | 5 | 3966 |
| 1966 | 1,899 | 175 | 11 | 2465 |
| 1965 | 1,839 | 185 | 5 | 3930 |
| 1964 | 2,228 | 174 | 8 | 3050 |
| 1963 | 2,507 | 161 | 5 | 4048 |
| 1962 | 2,513 | 160 | 11 | 2504 |
| 1961 | 2,922 | 148 | 7 | 3356 |
| 1960 | 3,191 | 138 | 13 | 2315 |
| 1959 | 3,156 | 136 | 16 | 2033 |
| 1958 | 3,314 | 132 | 7 | 3275 |
| 1957 | 3,350 | 131 | 9 | 2822 |
| 1956 | 3,407 | 126 | 9 | 2798 |
| 1955 | 3,431 | 123 | 11 | 2435 |
| 1954 | 3,245 | 125 | 7 | 3176 |
| 1953 | 2,666 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 2,616 | 136 | 6 | 3373 |
| 1951 | 2,489 | 135 | 8 | 2844 |
| 1950 | 2,720 | 120 | 7 | 3021 |
| 1949 | 2,776 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 2,868 | 115 | 6 | 3316 |
| 1947 | 3,001 | 113 | 8 | 2862 |
| 1946 | 2,892 | 111 | 10 | 2403 |
| 1945 | 2,661 | 107 | 8 | 2574 |
| 1944 | 2,746 | 98 | 9 | 2467 |
| 1943 | 3,169 | 89 | 5 | 3538 |
| 1942 | 3,406 | 79 | 11 | 2268 |
| 1941 | 3,100 | 81 | 15 | 1821 |
| 1940 | 3,502 | 69 | 11 | 2179 |
| 1939 | 3,769 | 65 | 16 | 1712 |
| 1938 | 3,913 | 62 | 18 | 1613 |
| 1937 | 3,673 | 63 | 13 | 1992 |
| 1936 | 3,325 | 70 | 17 | 1639 |
| 1935 | 3,365 | 69 | 14 | 1929 |
| 1934 | 2,978 | 83 | 14 | 1932 |
| 1933 | 2,705 | 87 | 21 | 1498 |
| 1932 | 2,746 | 89 | 10 | 2465 |
| 1931 | 2,581 | 96 | 9 | 2651 |
| 1930 | 2,482 | 105 | 13 | 2178 |
| 1929 | 1,939 | 127 | 13 | 2199 |
| 1928 | 1,996 | 123 | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | 2,018 | 127 | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | 2,108 | 126 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 2,255 | 122 | 9 | 2936 |
| 1924 | 2,261 | 124 | 8 | 3260 |
| 1923 | 2,143 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 2,095 | 125 | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | 2,134 | 122 | 5 | 4322 |
| 1920 | 2,122 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 2,067 | 118 | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | 2,051 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 1,970 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,903 | 113 | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | 1,810 | 115 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 1,323 | 122 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 1,074 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 978 | 119 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 739 | 118 | 7 | 1387 |
| 1910 | 655 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 573 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 566 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 520 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 520 | 120 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 527 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 506 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 505 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 461 | 124 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 438 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 535 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 410 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 454 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 406 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 391 | 122 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 365 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 330 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 323 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 263 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 212 | 159 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 228 | 156 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 172 | 170 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 157 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 134 | 174 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 141 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 91 | 197 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 94 | 187 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 76 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 72 | 194 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 58 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 41 | 240 | <5 | — |
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Where Loretta is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years