How rare is the name Leticia?

83,202 people in the United States have the first name Leticia, about 1 in 3,630. It ranks #635 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LETICIA

#635

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
83,202
About
1 in 3,630
This common or more
62.8%
Who bears it

Of the 83,202 people named Leticia, 88.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.3% as White and 3.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Leticia peaked in 1980, when 1,079 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19162025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
1,079
In 2025*
120 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 43,199 babies have been given the name since 1916. 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.

Leticia by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #479. The largest share of babies named Leticia, 36%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#8,35719
1920s#7,58249
1930s#4,049129
1940s#2,489352
1950s#8413,704
1960s#5798,348
1970s#47910,231
1980s#5778,239
1990s#7896,324
2000s#1,3803,503
2010s#2,5911,575
2020s#3,126726
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–450.7%
Baby boom 1946–6418.5%
Generation X 1965–8036%
Millennials 1981–9627.6%
Generation Z 1997–1213%
2013 and later4%

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 Leticia is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Leticia has been most common in Texas (4.2×), California (3.7×), and Arizona (3.3×), and least common in Alabama (0.04×).

39,258 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 Leticia

#633 Tracey · 83,398#634 Maxwell · 83,285#636 Mildred · 83,139#637 Jaden · 83,104

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Leticia, most common first.

#8,938 Letisha · 1,590#14,753 Letecia · 793#16,095 Letizia · 706#17,129 Letisia · 649#17,567 Letticia · 625#18,452 Letica · 584#33,858 Letcia · 243#51,342 Letycia · 114

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