# Letitia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/letitia/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “gladness” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Titty, Tish, Letty, Tisha, Lettie |
| Variant spellings | Laetitia, Latitia, Lætitia, Lettice, Latisha |
| US babies named this | 11,408 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,408 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 400, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Name of an obscure Spanish saint, Leticia, from Latin laetitia "gladness".

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13 | 7,837 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,861 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,024 |
| 2003 | 11 | 9,421 |
| 2004 | 9 | 11,236 |
| 2005 | 5 | 18,056 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,851 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,229 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,617 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,071 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,145 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,043 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,511 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,677 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,897 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 1,386 |
| 2007 | 19 | 1,384 |
| 2008 | 16 | 1,641 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## In other languages

- French: Laetitia, Léticie, Liesse
- Greek: Λετίτσια
- Italian: Letizia
- Latin: Laetitia
- Portuguese: Letícia
- Romanian: Letiția
- Spanish: Leticia

## People named Letitia

- Letitia Christian Tyler, First Lady of the United States (1790–1842)
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon, British poet and novelist (1802–1838)
- Letitia James, Attorney General of New York since 2019
- Letitia de Jong, Dutch speed skater
- Letitia Mumford Geer, American nurse and inventor (1853-1935)
- Cecilia Underwood, 1st Duchess of Inverness, British duchess; second wife of Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1785-1873)

## 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.