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Loretto

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 1,026

Ireland

#558

1982 births

Loretto is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2021 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Loretto is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1915, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It is a recent arrival in the birth records.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1882.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Loretto 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 2021, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '20
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Births named Loretto by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 61
1890s 161
1900s 122
1910s 166
1920s 154
1930s 81
1940s 77
1950s 76
1960s 30
2020s (to 2021) 5

How popular is Loretto?

In 2021, Loretto was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Loretto is used

Ireland #558 3 in 1982
United States #12,778 5 in 2021

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.

Names that peaked alongside Loretto

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

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Sibling names for Loretto

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

Common questions about Loretto

How popular is the name Loretto?

In 2021, Loretto was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Loretto is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Loretto?

Loretto has 3 syllables.

When was Loretto most popular?

Loretto peaked in 1915, when 28 babies were given the name. It is a recent arrival in the birth records.