Loretha

Girl · recorded 1910–1995

  • 1995last recorded
  • 1935best year

Most popular in 1935.

Last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Loretha.

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Its story

Popularity since 1910

0183619101931195319741995

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 78 recorded years as a table
Loretha, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191015
191213
191412
19155
191611
191713
191810
191914
19208
192121
192220
192314
192416
192516
192614
192720
192820
192919
193021
193134
193223
193332
193423
193536
193621
193730
193829
193916
194027
194122
194226
194324
194427
194515
194620
194717
194819
194917
195022
195116
195220
195323
195423
195522
195622
195719
195815
195916
196016
196120
196219
196319
196420
196522
196612
196718
196816
196918
197011
197112
197211
19738
197414
19758
197610
19777
19783
19794
19807
19824
19835
19845
19863
19874
19883
19914
19924
19953

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Loretha 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 1995
5
Rank in 1995
#13,386
How rare
1 in 351,709 girls
Since 1910
1,792

Loretha was last recorded in 1995. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1935, at 36 per million girls born.

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

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