Letitia
Letitia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 346th, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1964329 births
- Best rank
- #346in 1880
- Since 1880
- 11,408people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,408 girls have been named Letitia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 329 births.
The name has all but left use: 7 births in 2024, against 329 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Letitia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 226 | |
| 1890s | 281 | |
| 1900s | 235 | |
| 1910s | 543 | |
| 1920s | 578 | |
| 1930s | 610 | |
| 1940s | 906 | |
| 1950s | 1,205 | |
| 1960s | 2,645 | |
| 1970s | 2,482 | |
| 1980s | 1,201 | |
| 1990s | 388 | |
| 2000s | 72 | |
| 2010s | 19 | |
| 2020s | 17 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Letitia was the 545th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Letitia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Malindapeak 1969
- Lorapeak 1963
- Laurapeak 1964
- Cammiepeak 1968
- Nenapeak 1963
- Tressapeak 1971
- Malissapeak 1979
- Jennettepeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.