Girls' name · peaked in 1976
Leticia name popularity since 1925
43,164 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Leticia. Half of them were born in 1978 or earlier, so the typical Leticia is about 48 years old in 2026. Leticia peaked in 1976 as the #232 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 43,164
- Named Leticia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,707 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% girls
- 42,949 girls · 215 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 4.09× its national share
Peak year is the year Leticia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Leticia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1980. Measured as a share of all babies, Leticia peaked in 1976.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Leticia became 3.2× more common, from 1 in 15,600 baby girls to 1 in 4,860.
- Steepest fall: Between 2006 and 2011, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 5,560 to 1 in 10,300.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Leticia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Leticia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Leticia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 33 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 129 | 0 | #2,843 |
| 1940s | 352 | 0 | #1,560 |
| 1950s | 3,704 | 0 | #448 |
| 1960s | 8,312 | 36 | #321 |
| 1970s | 10,156 | 75 | #249 |
| 1980s | 8,161 | 78 | #309 |
| 1990s | 6,298 | 26 | #438 |
| 2000s | 3,503 | 0 | #784 |
| 2010s | 1,575 | 0 | #1,473 |
| 2020–25 | 726 | 0 | #1,707 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
36.1% of babies named Leticia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Leticia is most popular
The index compares Leticia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Leticia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4.09× | 12,753 |
| California | 3.48× | 14,625 |
| Arizona | 3.08× | 1,587 |
| New Mexico | 2.66× | 583 |
| Illinois | 1.19× | 2,312 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Leticia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Leticia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Leticia (1976).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data