Loretta is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1938 and has since faded.
Loretta is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #606 for girl births in the United States (and #1,197 across all names), given to 485 babies. Loretta was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1938 (3,913 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 485 | 485 | #606 | — |
| 2024 | 423 | 423 | #677 | — |
| 2023 | 371 | 371 | #757 | — |
| 2022 | 346 | 346 | #810 | — |
| 2021 | 300 | 300 | #902 | — |
| 2020 | 272 | 272 | #943 | — |
| 2019 | 252 | 252 | #1,023 | — |
| 2018 | 232 | 232 | #1,087 | — |
| 2017 | 229 | 229 | #1,103 | — |
| 2016 | 240 | 240 | #1,085 | — |
| 2015 | 219 | 219 | #1,154 | — |
| 2014 | 179 | 179 | #1,324 | — |
| 2013 | 121 | 121 | #1,720 | — |
| 2012 | 124 | 124 | #1,695 | — |
| 2011 | 111 | 111 | #1,824 | — |
| 2010 | 97 | 97 | #2,052 | — |
| 2009 | 84 | 84 | #2,328 | — |
| 2008 | 112 | 112 | #1,896 | — |
| 2007 | 105 | 105 | #1,963 | — |
| 2006 | 113 | 113 | #1,818 | — |
| 2005 | 103 | 103 | #1,887 | — |
| 2004 | 90 | 90 | #2,033 | — |
| 2003 | 80 | 80 | #2,180 | — |
| 2002 | 76 | 76 | #2,191 | — |
| 2001 | 77 | 77 | #2,141 | — |
| 2000 | 92 | 92 | #1,859 | — |
| 1999 | 102 | 102 | #1,640 | — |
| 1998 | 102 | 102 | #1,603 | — |
| 1997 | 109 | — | #1,501 | — |
| 1996 | 139 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1995 | 124 | — | #1,334 | — |
| 1994 | 135 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1993 | 137 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1992 | 141 | — | #1,239 | — |
| 1991 | 184 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1990 | 207 | — | #922 | — |
| 1989 | 201 | — | #907 | — |
| 1988 | 251 | — | #748 | — |
| 1987 | 269 | — | #687 | — |
| 1986 | 297 | — | #627 | — |
| 1985 | 287 | — | #645 | — |
| 1984 | 309 | — | #588 | — |
| 1983 | 347 | — | #541 | — |
| 1982 | 413 | — | #493 | — |
| 1981 | 492 | — | #439 | #6,883 |
| 1980 | 418 | — | #494 | — |
| 1979 | 495 | — | #422 | — |
| 1978 | 481 | — | #421 | — |
| 1977 | 571 | — | #374 | — |
| 1976 | 671 | — | #333 | — |
| 1975 | 778 | — | #301 | — |
| 1974 | 956 | — | #266 | — |
| 1973 | 972 | — | #257 | — |
| 1972 | 1,047 | — | #258 | — |
| 1971 | 1,309 | — | #228 | #5,362 |
| 1970 | 1,370 | — | #231 | #5,158 |
| 1969 | 1,548 | — | #204 | #3,803 |
| 1968 | 1,635 | — | #194 | #3,268 |
| 1967 | 1,808 | — | #177 | #4,325 |
| 1966 | 1,910 | — | #175 | #2,565 |
| 1965 | 1,844 | — | #185 | #4,240 |
| 1964 | 2,236 | — | #174 | #3,182 |
| 1963 | 2,512 | — | #161 | #4,402 |
| 1962 | 2,524 | — | #160 | #2,607 |
| 1961 | 2,929 | — | #148 | #3,548 |
| 1960 | 3,204 | — | #138 | #2,387 |
| 1959 | 3,172 | — | #136 | #2,076 |
| 1958 | 3,321 | — | #132 | #3,457 |
| 1957 | 3,359 | — | #131 | #2,938 |
| 1956 | 3,416 | — | #126 | #2,897 |
| 1955 | 3,442 | — | #123 | #2,509 |
| 1954 | 3,252 | — | #125 | #3,329 |
| 1953 | 2,666 | — | #137 | — |
| 1952 | 2,622 | — | #136 | #3,587 |
| 1951 | 2,497 | — | #135 | #2,976 |
| 1950 | 2,727 | — | #120 | #3,207 |
| 1949 | 2,776 | — | #117 | — |
| 1948 | 2,874 | — | #115 | #3,536 |
| 1947 | 3,009 | — | #113 | #3,007 |
| 1946 | 2,902 | — | #111 | #2,490 |
| 1945 | 2,669 | — | #107 | #2,677 |
| 1944 | 2,755 | — | #98 | #2,562 |
| 1943 | 3,174 | — | #89 | #3,839 |
| 1942 | 3,417 | — | #79 | #2,341 |
| 1941 | 3,115 | — | #81 | #1,866 |
| 1940 | 3,513 | — | #69 | #2,263 |
| 1939 | 3,785 | — | #65 | #1,765 |
| 1938 | 3,931 | — | #62 | #1,659 |
| 1937 | 3,686 | — | #63 | #2,052 |
| 1936 | 3,342 | — | #70 | #1,698 |
| 1935 | 3,379 | — | #69 | #1,997 |
| 1934 | 2,992 | — | #83 | #1,985 |
| 1933 | 2,726 | — | #87 | #1,523 |
| 1932 | 2,756 | — | #89 | #2,565 |
| 1931 | 2,590 | — | #96 | #2,792 |
| 1930 | 2,495 | — | #105 | #2,250 |
| 1929 | 1,952 | — | #127 | #2,272 |
| 1928 | 2,006 | — | #123 | #2,767 |
| 1927 | 2,023 | — | #127 | #4,547 |
| 1926 | 2,114 | — | #126 | #4,010 |
| 1925 | 2,264 | — | #122 | #3,052 |
| 1924 | 2,269 | — | #124 | #3,401 |
| 1923 | 2,143 | — | #124 | — |
| 1922 | 2,101 | — | #125 | #4,123 |
| 1921 | 2,139 | — | #122 | #4,712 |
| 1920 | 2,122 | — | #120 | — |
| 1919 | 2,073 | — | #118 | #3,991 |
| 1918 | 2,051 | — | #116 | — |
| 1917 | 1,970 | — | #114 | — |
| 1916 | 1,910 | — | #113 | #3,373 |
| 1915 | 1,815 | — | #115 | #4,160 |
| 1914 | 1,329 | — | #122 | #3,113 |
| 1913 | 1,074 | — | #118 | — |
| 1912 | 984 | — | #119 | #2,449 |
| 1911 | 746 | — | #118 | #1,480 |
| 1910 | 655 | — | #124 | — |
| 1909 | 573 | — | #123 | — |
| 1908 | 566 | — | #119 | — |
| 1907 | 520 | — | #127 | — |
| 1906 | 520 | — | #121 | — |
| 1905 | 527 | — | #121 | — |
| 1904 | 506 | — | #116 | — |
| 1903 | 505 | — | #114 | — |
| 1902 | 461 | — | #124 | — |
| 1901 | 438 | — | #118 | — |
| 1900 | 535 | — | #121 | — |
| 1899 | 410 | — | #121 | — |
| 1898 | 454 | — | #118 | — |
| 1897 | 406 | — | #123 | — |
| 1896 | 391 | — | #122 | — |
| 1895 | 365 | — | #126 | — |
| 1894 | 330 | — | #131 | — |
| 1893 | 323 | — | #133 | — |
| 1892 | 263 | — | #153 | — |
| 1891 | 212 | — | #159 | — |
| 1890 | 228 | — | #156 | — |
| 1889 | 172 | — | #170 | — |
| 1888 | 157 | — | #178 | — |
| 1887 | 134 | — | #174 | — |
| 1886 | 141 | — | #165 | — |
| 1885 | 91 | — | #198 | — |
| 1884 | 94 | — | #188 | — |
| 1883 | 76 | — | #197 | — |
| 1882 | 72 | — | #195 | — |
| 1881 | 58 | — | #199 | — |
| 1880 | 41 | — | #243 | — |