# Leticia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leticia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 43,199 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 215 / 42,984 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 511, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 170 | 1,359 |
| 2012 | 169 | 1,381 |
| 2013 | 153 | 1,460 |
| 2014 | 160 | 1,424 |
| 2015 | 156 | 1,473 |
| 2016 | 151 | 1,508 |
| 2017 | 134 | 1,621 |
| 2018 | 131 | 1,629 |
| 2019 | 119 | 1,741 |
| 2020 | 122 | 1,684 |
| 2021 | 122 | 1,704 |
| 2022 | 123 | 1,702 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,677 |
| 2024 | 115 | 1,763 |
| 2025 | 120 | 1,707 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 7 | 4,916 |
| 1978 | 5 | 6,382 |
| 1979 | 12 | 3,475 |
| 1980 | 9 | 4,360 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,258 |
| 1982 | 9 | 4,442 |
| 1983 | 8 | 4,740 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,416 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,547 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,023 |
| 1988 | 10 | 4,634 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,527 |
| 1990 | 11 | 4,874 |
| 1992 | 9 | 5,937 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,261 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 1,196 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,483 |
| 2013 | 24 | 1,360 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,526 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,866 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,278 |

## People named Leticia

- Letícia Sabatella, Brazilian actress and singer
- Letícia Birkheuer, Brazilian actress
- Letícia Bufoni, Brazilian-American skateboarder
- Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, 35th First Lady of Brazil (1950–2017)
- Leticia Bredice, Argentine actress
- Leticia Spiller, Brazilian actress and producer
- Leticia Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Letícia Izidoro Lima da Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Leticia Oro Melo, Brazilian athletics competitor
- Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician (1929-2017)
- Letícia Colin, Brazilian actress and singer
- Letícia de Souza, Brazilian athletics competitor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.