first name
LAURETTA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,884 people named Lauretta, 71.3% reported their origin as White, 22.6% as Black and 2.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Lauretta peaked in 1915, when 224 babies got the name.
At least 9,710 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Lauretta by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #654. The largest share of babies named Lauretta, 37.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Lauretta is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lauretta has been most common in Massachusetts (3.8×), Maine (3.1×), and Illinois (2.9×), and least common in Texas (0.22×).
4,623 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Lauretta
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lauretta, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Lauretta ranks #97,359 of 156,621, with 200 people. See Lauretta as a last name
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