Loretto
Last seen for girls in 1964 at #4,636 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1891 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 923since 1882
Loretto over time
Rank among girls' names. Loretto has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2021 | — | #12,146 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
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| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,571 | 11 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
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| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
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| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,339 | 28 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,603 | 17 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | — | |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,027 | 12 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #917 | 17 | — | |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | — | |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 | — | |
| 1894 | #782 | 15 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | — | |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #950 | 8 | — | |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | — | |
| 1885 | #695 | 10 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Loretto! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Loretto
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
- Biggest jump: 283 spots in 1891 (#872 → #589)
- Biggest drop: 282 spots in 1905 (#880 → #1,162)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1891 at #589 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1884–1902
- Highest: 1 in 9,274 girls born in 1891 were named Loretto (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 210,539 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
- 18.0% of all girls named Loretto (166) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #695 (1885) | #797 |
| 1890s | 161 | #589 (1891) | #770 |
| 1900s | 122 | #872 (1902) | #1,177 |
| 1910s | 166 | #1,171 (1911) | #1,770 |
| 1920s | 149 | #1,625 (1921) | #2,581 |
| 1930s | 81 | #2,196 (1937) | #3,106 |
| 1940s | 77 | #2,190 (1941) | #3,575 |
| 1950s | 76 | #3,232 (1958) | #4,109 |
| 1960s | 30 | #4,636 (1964) | #5,138 |
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.
Loretto in 1885
Top girls' names in 1885
More about 1885
girls
133,055 girls got a published name in 1885; 1 in 13,306 of them was named Loretto, which outranked 41.9% of the 1,197 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #658Robert11
- #658Selina11
- #658Theo11
- #695Loretto10
- #695Albertha10
- #695Albertine10
- #695Annabel10
- #745Abigail9
- #745Aggie9
- #745Annabell9
Tied with 49 names at #695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.