girl's name

Letitia

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 4
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 12,739

Northern Ireland

#381

2008 births

Letitia is a girl's name with 4 syllables. In 2024 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1964, when 329 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Letitia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

2,645
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Letitia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 226
1890s 281
1900s 235
1910s 543
1920s 578
1930s 610
1940s 906
1950s 1,205
1960s 2,645
1970s 2,482
1980s 1,201
1990s 388
2000s 72
2010s 19
2020s (to 2024) 17

How popular is Letitia?

In 2024, Letitia was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Letitia is used

Northern Ireland #381 4 in 2008
Scotland #562 4 in 1990
Ireland #969 3 in 2012
Canada #3,558 5 in 2019
France #6,088 5 in 2011
England & Wales #6,454 3 in 2023
United States #12,356 7 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Letitia is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Létitia Létitia is a rare spelling of Letitia, written with an acute accent and recorded about 45 times, mostly in France. 45

Names that peaked alongside Letitia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Letitia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

1 nickname for Letitia

Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.

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Sibling names for Letitia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Letitia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Letitia

How popular is the name Letitia?

In 2024, Letitia was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Letitia a girl's or a boy's name?

Letitia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Letitia?

Letitia has 4 syllables.

When was Letitia most popular?

Letitia peaked in 1964, when 329 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

What are the nicknames for Letitia?

Letitia is usually shortened to Letty.