Lettie

#756 for girls in 2025, 358 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 68 births
Debut · girls
62 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,097
since 1880

Lettie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lettie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #181, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#756358
2024#935282
2023#1,129215
2022#1,166207
2021#1,301174
2020#1,459147
2019#1,566137
2018#1,774115
2017#2,23684
2016#1,897106
2015#1,919105
2014#2,56069
2013#4,00237
2012#4,29634
2011#7,11817
2010#5,24726
2009#10,67910
2008#15,4056
2007#12,6768
2006#13,6067
2005#11,8348
2004
2003#9,67110
2002#12,1877
2001
2000
1999#12,6886
1998#14,1225
1997#13,7245
1996#8,8129
1995#10,5147
1994#7,60411
1993
1992
1991#8,5889
1990#6,86712
1989#9,6817
1988#7,11110
1987
1986#9,5456
1985#7,5638
1984#6,8109
1983#10,2755
1982#5,20913
1981#4,96314
1980#5,91211
1979#4,42016
1978#4,45915
1977#4,06917
1976#5,21511
1975#3,05223
1974#3,42619
1973#3,63517
1972#3,40418
1971#3,37319
1970#3,43518
1969#2,91721
1968#2,87420
1967#2,16730
1966#2,45324
1965#1,99334
1964#1,89239
1963#2,09432
1962#1,73243
1961#1,87238
1960#1,72543
1959#1,40758
1958#1,28268
1957#1,50750
1956#1,41355
1955#1,20969
1954#1,22466
1953#1,24161
1952#1,08076
1951#1,22457
1950#1,11468
1949#1,08868
1948#91091
1947#1,02175
1946#1,03267
1945#85677
1944#88175
1943#79893
1942#752101
1941#79882
1940#82075
1939#678100
1938#72489
1937#70494
1936#66698
1935#631106
1934#617115
1933#624109
1932#616115
1931#70291
1930#626122
1929#619123
1928#689103
1927#612136
1926#573154
1925#541174
1924#492201
1923#511187
1922#584151
1921#523183
1920#581152
1919#522170
1918#559161
1917#520164
1916#499168
1915#445190
1914#477133
1913#413142
1912#49195
1911#41495
1910#390102
1909#38394
1908#329116
1907#337108
1906#330105
1905#34298
1904#36381
1903#35579
1902#304108
1901#30595
1900#272143
1899#31689
1898#279120
1897#28499
1896#29498
1895#273107
1894#247119
1893#26999
1892#262102
1891#25790
1890#25496
1889#25187
1888#24690
1887#20698
1886#21386
1885#23970
1884#22772
1883#18482
1882#20168
1881#18168
1880#19562
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lettie was already there! It came in at #195, and was given to 62 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lettie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 179 spots since 2024 (#935#756)
  • 703 spots since 2020 (#1,459#756)
  • 1,163 spots since 2015 (#1,919#756)
  • Biggest jump: 194 spots in 2024 (#1,129#935)
  • Biggest drop: 178 spots in 1949 (#910#1,088)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #181 (68 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 82 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 69 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 69 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,352
  • Highest: 1 in 1,352 girls born in 1881 were named Lettie (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,490 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.1% of all girls named Lettie (1,564) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s783#181 (1881)#214
1890s1,019#247 (1894)#274
1900s1,027#272 (1900)#332
1910s1,420#390 (1910)#473
1920s1,564#492 (1924)#573
1930s1,039#616 (1932)#659
1940s804#752 (1942)#896
1950s628#1,080 (1952)#1,270
1960s324#1,725 (1960)#2,172
1970s173#3,052 (1975)#3,849
1980s83#4,963 (1981)#7,452
1990s64#6,867 (1990)#10,365
2000s56#9,671 (2003)#12,294
2010s730#1,566 (2019)#3,262
2020s1,383#756 (2025)#1,124

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lettie in 1937

girls
#704
94 births · 1 in 11,320 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #704Lettie94
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 11,320 of them was named Lettie, which outranked 85.7% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lettie
  1. #700Isabell95
  2. #700Veda95
  3. #700Vernice95
  4. #704Lettie94
  5. #704Daphne94
  6. #704Elisa94
  7. #704Myrtis94
  8. #710Georgette93
  9. #711Gaynell92
  10. #711Karin92

Tied with 5 names at #704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937