Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Loretta

#230 most common girls' name of all time · #435 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#230
Rank overall
#435 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
178,066
Since 2016
3,150
Peak year
1938 #62
Best rank
#62 1938
Girls Boys peak 3,931/yr
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Loretta is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 485 — 485 #606
2024 423 — 423 #677
2023 371 — 371 #757
2022 346 — 346 #810
2021 300 — 300 #901
2020 272 — 272 #942
2019 252 — 252 #1,020
2018 232 — 232 #1,085
2017 229 — 229 #1,102
2016 240 — 240 #1,082
2015 219 — 219 #1,154
2014 179 — 179 #1,321
2013 121 — 121 #1,713
2012 124 — 124 #1,690
2011 111 — 111 #1,818
2010 97 — 97 #2,043
2009 84 — 84 #2,316
2008 112 — 112 #1,891
2007 105 — 105 #1,957
2006 113 — 113 #1,810
2005 103 — 103 #1,879
2004 90 — 90 #2,031
2003 80 — 80 #2,167
2002 76 — 76 #2,178
2001 77 — 77 #2,126
2000 92 — 92 #1,856
1999 102 — 102 #1,637
1998 102 — 102 #1,598
1997 109 — 109 #1,496
1996 139 — 139 #1,256
1995 124 — 124 #1,330
1994 135 — 135 #1,266
1993 137 — 137 #1,255
1992 141 — 141 #1,231
1991 184 — 184 #1,009
1990 207 — 207 #921
1989 201 — 201 #907
1988 251 — 251 #748
1987 269 — 269 #687
1986 297 — 297 #625
1985 287 — 287 #644
1984 309 — 309 #587
1983 347 — 347 #540
1982 413 — 413 #492
1981 487 5 492 #440
1980 418 — 418 #494
1979 495 — 495 #422
1978 481 — 481 #420
1977 571 — 571 #374
1976 671 — 671 #333
1975 778 — 778 #301
1974 956 — 956 #266
1973 972 — 972 #257
1972 1,047 — 1,047 #258
1971 1,304 5 1,309 #228
1970 1,365 5 1,370 #231
1969 1,541 7 1,548 #204
1968 1,627 8 1,635 #194
1967 1,803 5 1,808 #177
1966 1,899 11 1,910 #175
1965 1,839 5 1,844 #185
1964 2,228 8 2,236 #174
1963 2,507 5 2,512 #161
1962 2,513 11 2,524 #160
1961 2,922 7 2,929 #148
1960 3,191 13 3,204 #138
1959 3,156 16 3,172 #136
1958 3,314 7 3,321 #132
1957 3,350 9 3,359 #131
1956 3,407 9 3,416 #126
1955 3,431 11 3,442 #123
1954 3,245 7 3,252 #125
1953 2,666 — 2,666 #136
1952 2,616 6 2,622 #136
1951 2,489 8 2,497 #135
1950 2,720 7 2,727 #120
1949 2,776 — 2,776 #117
1948 2,868 6 2,874 #115
1947 3,001 8 3,009 #113
1946 2,892 10 2,902 #111
1945 2,661 8 2,669 #107
1944 2,746 9 2,755 #98
1943 3,169 5 3,174 #89
1942 3,406 11 3,417 #79
1941 3,100 15 3,115 #81
1940 3,502 11 3,513 #69
1939 3,769 16 3,785 #65
1938 3,913 18 3,931 #62
1937 3,673 13 3,686 #63
1936 3,325 17 3,342 #70
1935 3,365 14 3,379 #69
1934 2,978 14 2,992 #83
1933 2,705 21 2,726 #87
1932 2,746 10 2,756 #89
1931 2,581 9 2,590 #96
1930 2,482 13 2,495 #105
1929 1,939 13 1,952 #127
1928 1,996 10 2,006 #123
1927 2,018 5 2,023 #127
1926 2,108 6 2,114 #126
1925 2,255 9 2,264 #122
1924 2,261 8 2,269 #124
1923 2,143 — 2,143 #124
1922 2,095 6 2,101 #125
1921 2,134 5 2,139 #122
1920 2,122 — 2,122 #120
1919 2,067 6 2,073 #118
1918 2,051 — 2,051 #116
1917 1,970 — 1,970 #114
1916 1,903 7 1,910 #113
1915 1,810 5 1,815 #115
1914 1,323 6 1,329 #122
1913 1,074 — 1,074 #118
1912 978 6 984 #119
1911 739 7 746 #118
1910 655 — 655 #124
1909 573 — 573 #123
1908 566 — 566 #120
1907 520 — 520 #126
1906 520 — 520 #122
1905 527 — 527 #121
1904 506 — 506 #116
1903 505 — 505 #114
1902 461 — 461 #124
1901 438 — 438 #118
1900 535 — 535 #121
1899 410 — 410 #121
1898 454 — 454 #118
1897 406 — 406 #123
1896 391 — 391 #122
1895 365 — 365 #126
1894 330 — 330 #131
1893 323 — 323 #133
1892 263 — 263 #153
1891 212 — 212 #159
1890 228 — 228 #156
1889 172 — 172 #172
1888 157 — 157 #178
1887 134 — 134 #174
1886 141 — 141 #165
1885 91 — 91 #197
1884 94 — 94 #189
1883 76 — 76 #198
1882 72 — 72 #196
1881 58 — 58 #199
1880 41 — 41 #243