Lorretta
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,708since 1893
Lorretta over time
Rank among girls' names. Lorretta has never cracked the top 900 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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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 |
| 1968 | #1,647 | 49 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 |
| 1965 | #1,689 | 44 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #1,407 | 62 |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 |
| 1959 | #1,358 | 62 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 |
| 1957 | #1,344 | 62 |
| 1956 | #1,365 | 58 |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 |
| 1949 | #1,304 | 49 |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 |
| 1946 | #1,360 | 41 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,340 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,023 | 49 |
| 1939 | #996 | 50 |
| 1938 | #1,079 | 44 |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1936 | #1,150 | 38 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 |
| 1932 | #1,176 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 |
| 1928 | #1,541 | 27 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,354 | 36 |
| 1923 | #1,267 | 38 |
| 1922 | #1,536 | 29 |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Lorretta! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Lorretta is popular in 1948
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Illinois#782 · 1 in 16,756
- California#1,081 · 1 in 22,285
Best ever in a state: #316 in New Mexico, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #782 | 5 | 1 in 16,756 |
| California | #1,081 | 5 | 1 in 22,285 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Lorretta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1939 (#1,079 → #996)
- Biggest drop: 27 spots in 1940 (#996 → #1,023)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1939 at #996 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1939
- Highest: 1 in 21,932 girls born in 1939 were named Lorretta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 17.9% of all girls named Lorretta (484) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,437 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,670 |
| 1910s | 175 | #1,298 (1916) | #1,758 |
| 1920s | 328 | #1,225 (1925) | #1,405 |
| 1930s | 391 | #996 (1939) | #1,164 |
| 1940s | 411 | #1,023 (1940) | #1,312 |
| 1950s | 479 | #1,344 (1957) | #1,470 |
| 1960s | 484 | #1,407 (1962) | #1,657 |
| 1970s | 271 | #1,828 (1971) | #3,131 |
| 1980s | 98 | #4,478 (1984) | #7,188 |
| 1990s | 29 | #8,501 (1990) | #10,686 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
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.
Lorretta in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
More about 1948
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1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 39,486 of them was named Lorretta, which outranked 76.7% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,386Velia44
- #1,386Wynona44
- #1,386Zona44
- #1,409Lorretta43
- #1,409Anastasia43
- #1,409Arnita43
- #1,409Cathi43
- #1,422Bernetta42
- #1,422Billy42
- #1,422Brooke42
Tied with 12 names at #1,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.