Loretta

Boy · recorded 1911–1981

  • 1981last recorded
  • 1911best year

Most popular in 1911.

Last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1911

0163119111929194619641981

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 55 recorded years as a table
Loretta, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191131
191214
19149
19156
19168
19196
19215
19226
19247
19258
19265
19274
19289
192912
193012
19319
193210
193321
193414
193513
193616
193712
193816
193914
19409
194112
19428
19434
19447
19456
19466
19474
19483
19504
19514
19523
19543
19555
19564
19574
19583
19597
19606
19613
19625
19632
19644
19653
19666
19673
19685
19694
19703
19713
19813

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Loretta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1981
5
Rank in 1981
#6,262
How rare
1 in 358,235 boys
Since 1911
502

Loretta was last recorded in 1981. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1911, at 31 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Loretta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.