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Loretta
Pronounced /ˌləˈɹɛtə/
Rank in 2024
#677
Born in 2024
422
Peak year
1938 · #62
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 422 girls were named Loretta, about 1 in every 3,823.
- It peaked in 1938 with 3,913 babies, ranked #62.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 177,072 girls have been named Loretta since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Loretta per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 1.8Greatest1901–27
- 2.6Silent1928–45
- 1.5Boomers1946–64
- 0.7Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 36,322 babies, 1.77 per 1,000. Silent: 54,055 babies, 2.62 per 1,000. Boomers: 55,292 babies, 1.54 per 1,000. Gen X: 17,767 babies, 0.70 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,928 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,575 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,180 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
- A female given name from Latin, variant of Lauretta, Italian diminutive of Laura; or a form of Loreto.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˌləˈɹɛtə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Loretta, CC BY-SA 4.0.