Loretha
Loretha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 195445 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1910
- 1,792people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,792 girls have been named Loretha in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1954, with 45 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 45 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1950s alone account for 21%.
By decade
In 1954, its biggest year
Loretha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1954 were Mary, Linda, Deborah, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1954.
Names that rose and fell with Loretha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Wandapeak 1957
- Charleanpeak 1952
- Conchitapeak 1962
- Twillapeak 1962
- Thomasinepeak 1950
- Madonnapeak 1954
- Loritapeak 1944
- Joyepeak 1932
Other spellings in the data
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.