Loretta

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #606in 2025
  • 1 in 3,313girls in 2025
  • +146%last ten years
  • 5.8×in Wisconsin

Most popular in 1938, and up 146% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,7733,54618801916195319892025

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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 146 recorded years as a table
Loretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880451
1881631
1882668
1883677
1884729
1885684
1886976
1887918
1888879
1889964
18901,198
18911,143
18921,239
18931,517
18941,480
18951,562
18961,643
18971,734
18981,754
18991,759
19001,785
19011,830
19021,746
19031,928
19041,838
19051,807
19061,761
19071,632
19081,693
19091,650
19101,652
19111,767
19121,752
19131,720
19141,737
19151,840
19161,822
19171,822
19181,772
19191,829
19201,771
19211,731
19221,744
19231,776
19241,810
19251,852
19261,778
19271,692
19281,731
19291,737
19302,204
19312,424
19322,573
19332,684
19342,852
19353,209
19363,196
19373,452
19383,546
19393,437
19403,062
19412,566
19422,522
19432,271
19442,069
19452,036
19461,841
19471,693
19481,689
19491,623
19501,588
19511,382
19521,411
19531,417
19541,671
19551,755
19561,697
19571,638
19581,647
19591,560
19601,578
19611,448
19621,278
19631,301
19641,176
19651,042
19661,122
19671,092
1968992
1969913
1970781
1971784
1972688
1973667
1974651
1975534
1976458
1977372
1978314
1979308
1980252
1981292
1982244
1983208
1984184
1985167
1986173
1987155
1988141
1989109
1990109
199198
199276
199376
199476
199571
199679
199763
199858
199958
200051
200143
200242
200344
200449
200556
200659
200755
200859
200946
201055
201163
201270
201369
2014100
2015123
2016135
2017133
2018136
2019150
2020168
2021183
2022211
2023231
2024261
2025302

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Wisconsin 5.8×
  2. Minnesota 4.7×
  3. Indiana 2.2×
  4. Missouri 2.1×
  5. Pennsylvania 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
485
Rank in 2025
#606
How rare
1 in 3,313 girls
Since 1880
177,564

Most popular in 1938, at 3,546 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 146% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Wisconsin5.8×94
Minnesota4.7×80
Indiana2.2×49
Missouri2.1×39
Pennsylvania1.7×62

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