Lorretta

Girl · recorded 1893–2000

  • 2000last recorded
  • 1939best year

Most popular in 1939.

Last recorded in 2000. Fewer than five girls 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 1893

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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 91 recorded years as a table
Lorretta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189323
190027
190319
190418
190531
190617
191018
191114
191222
191311
191428
191518
191630
191721
191821
191923
192028
192124
192224
192331
192429
192533
192626
192731
192823
192924
193021
193137
193235
193340
193440
193534
193637
193739
193840
193946
194043
194136
194233
194322
194427
194524
194626
194725
194825
194929
195024
195121
195218
195323
195425
195523
195629
195730
195823
195931
196027
196125
196232
196319
196426
196525
196630
196726
196830
196927
197022
197129
197224
197325
197419
197515
197610
197712
19788
197911
19808
19815
19823
19836
198410
19857
19865
19876
19883
19895
19905
19933
19953
19975
20003

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Lorretta 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 2000
5
Rank in 2000
#15,031
How rare
1 in 363,207 girls
Since 1893
2,708

Lorretta was last recorded in 2000. 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 1939, at 46 per million girls born.

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

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