Leticia
Leticia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 114 births. Its best rank was 232nd, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1140.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19801,070 births
- Best rank
- #232in 1976
- Since 1916
- 42,860people given the name
The story in the numbers
42,860 girls have been named Leticia in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 1,070 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1970s alone account for 24%. It has spent 59 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Leticia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 49 | |
| 1930s | 129 | |
| 1940s | 352 | |
| 1950s | 3,704 | |
| 1960s | 8,312 | |
| 1970s | 10,155 | |
| 1980s | 8,160 | |
| 1990s | 6,298 | |
| 2000s | 3,503 | |
| 2010s | 1,574 | |
| 2020s | 605 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Leticia was the 241st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Leticia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jinapeak 1970
- Monicapeak 1979
- Dainapeak 1964
- Jeanapeak 1970
- Rosalvapeak 1975
- Jeannapeak 1970
- Brandapeak 1973
- Camiepeak 1968
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.