# Loretta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/loretta/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˌləˈɹɛtə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Lorette |
| US babies named this | 178,066 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 502 / 177,564 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 471, 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 | 111 | 1,824 |
| 2012 | 124 | 1,695 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,720 |
| 2014 | 179 | 1,324 |
| 2015 | 219 | 1,154 |
| 2016 | 240 | 1,085 |
| 2017 | 229 | 1,103 |
| 2018 | 232 | 1,087 |
| 2019 | 252 | 1,023 |
| 2020 | 272 | 943 |
| 2021 | 300 | 902 |
| 2022 | 346 | 810 |
| 2023 | 371 | 757 |
| 2024 | 423 | 677 |
| 2025 | 485 | 606 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 7 | 3,457 |
| 1959 | 16 | 2,076 |
| 1960 | 13 | 2,387 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,548 |
| 1962 | 11 | 2,607 |
| 1963 | 5 | 4,402 |
| 1964 | 8 | 3,182 |
| 1965 | 5 | 4,240 |
| 1966 | 11 | 2,565 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,325 |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,268 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,803 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,158 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,362 |
| 1981 | 5 | 6,883 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,798 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

## People named Loretta

- Loretta Young, American actress (1913–2000)
- Loretta Lynn, American country singer (1932–2022)
- Loretta Swit, American actress (1937–2025)
- Loretta Lynch, American attorney (born 1959)
- Loretta Devine, American actress
- Loretta Sanchez, American politician (born 1960)
- Loretta McNeil, athletics competitor (1907–1988)
- Loretta King Hadler, American actress (1917-2007)
- Loretta Long, American actress
- Loretta Dorman, Australian field hockey player
- Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host (1956–2025)
- Lorrie Morgan, American musician

## 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.