Letty

#1,382 for girls in 2025, 158 births

Peak · girls
1892 · 14 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,615
since 1880

Letty over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Letty has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880peak #796, 1892girls
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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#1,382158
2024#1,609130
2023#1,465150
2022#1,583134
2021#1,698122
2020#1,704119
2019#1,474149
2018#1,512144
2017#1,441157
2016#1,420163
2015#1,667128
2014#1,99799
2013#3,26749
2012#4,21635
2011#4,56831
2010#4,49432
2009#6,31721
2008
2007#17,6365
2006#13,6067
2005#16,4625
2004#9,26411
2003
2002#13,5956
2001#13,5216
2000#13,1546
1999#6,48415
1998#8,58410
1997#9,8028
1996#8,8129
1995#9,5538
1994#8,8049
1993#11,7806
1992#6,31414
1991#7,98710
1990#4,23023
1989#5,83614
1988#9,2447
1987#5,31214
1986#6,61210
1985#7,5638
1984
1983#5,82411
1982#5,91111
1981#5,25413
1980#9,0956
1979#3,66821
1978#4,93113
1977#4,65214
1976#4,15415
1975#3,40420
1974#3,55818
1973#5,19110
1972#2,82024
1971#4,53412
1970#3,03022
1969#2,20833
1968#2,63023
1967#2,63222
1966#2,83919
1965#1,91436
1964#1,80342
1963#1,86739
1962#1,73243
1961#1,69745
1960#1,61748
1959#1,85236
1958#1,33363
1957#1,98930
1956#1,79635
1955#1,94030
1954#2,24023
1953#1,93128
1952#1,89228
1951#2,31419
1950#1,87126
1949#1,73630
1948#1,66931
1947#1,48840
1946#1,41938
1945#1,58827
1944#1,40133
1943#1,49231
1942#1,03757
1941#1,31034
1940#1,18638
1939#1,13241
1938#1,28832
1937#1,14439
1936#1,24533
1935#1,01846
1934#1,03545
1933#1,05044
1932#94056
1931#1,28732
1930#1,49927
1929#1,24436
1928#1,01554
1927#1,16144
1926#98058
1925#1,07450
1924#95164
1923#1,21341
1922#1,25239
1921#1,25838
1920#1,04850
1919#1,04248
1918#1,16541
1917#1,20536
1916#1,48525
1915#1,23132
1914#1,38521
1913#1,46516
1912#1,35216
1911#1,45011
1910#1,17115
1909#1,10414
1908#1,8626
1907#1,03714
1906#96515
1905#96815
1904#1,2519
1903#93114
1902
1901#1,2278
1900#1,05313
1899#1,03410
1898#1,5026
1897#1,0949
1896#1,2138
1895#1,05310
1894#1,4855
1893#1,0239
1892#79614
1891#9439
1890
1889#1,0257
1888
1887#1,0366
1886#1,1085
1885
1884#1,0245
1883
1882
1881
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Letty was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1886, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Letty
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 227 spots since 2024 (#1,609#1,382)
  • 322 spots since 2020 (#1,704#1,382)
  • 285 spots since 2015 (#1,667#1,382)
  • Biggest jump: 347 spots in 1932 (#1,287#940)
  • Biggest drop: 320 spots in 1904 (#931#1,251)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #796 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1894, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1891–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,173
  • Highest: 1 in 10,173 girls born in 2025 were named Letty (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #796 in 1892, was only 1 in 15,167 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 21.4% of all girls named Letty (987) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s28#836 (1880)#1,006
1890s80#796 (1892)#1,127
1900s108#931 (1903)#1,155
1910s261#1,042 (1919)#1,295
1920s474#951 (1924)#1,120
1930s395#940 (1932)#1,164
1940s359#1,037 (1942)#1,433
1950s318#1,333 (1958)#1,916
1960s350#1,617 (1960)#2,094
1970s169#2,820 (1972)#3,994
1980s94#5,254 (1981)#6,739
1990s112#4,230 (1990)#8,235
2000s67#6,317 (2009)#12,944
2010s987#1,420 (2016)#2,606
2020s813#1,382 (2025)#1,574

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.

Letty in 1880

girls
#836
5 births · 1 in 18,199 girls

Top girls' names in 1880

  1. #1Mary7,065
  2. #2Anna2,604
  3. #3Emma2,003
  4. #4Elizabeth1,939
  5. #5Minnie1,746
  6. #6Margaret1,578
  7. #7Ida1,472
  8. #8Alice1,414
  9. #9Bertha1,320
  10. #10Sarah1,288
  11. #836Letty5
More about 1880

girls

90,994 girls got a published name in 1880; 1 in 18,199 of them was named Letty, which outranked 11.3% of the 942 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of girls (7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Letty
  1. #738Winona6
  2. #738Zelda6
  3. #738Zilpha6
  4. #836Letty5
  5. #836Adelle5
  6. #836Adina5
  7. #836Adrienne5

Tied with 106 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880