How Many People Are Named Leticia?

40,195

people named Leticia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 8,503 people in the US has this name

Based on 43,199 babies named Leticia in Social Security records from 1916 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,059

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#544

See the top 100

Peak Year

1980

1,079 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: le-TEE-thya (European Spanish), le-TEE-sya (Latin American Spanish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish form of LETITIA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.5%
Male
0.5%

Almost all of the babies given the name Leticia (99.5%) were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Leticia alive today is about 44 years old, and 62% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 33 and 56 in 2025.

Under 30 7,830
19.5%
30 to 59 24,874
61.9%
60 and over 7,491
18.6%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Leticia first appears in the records in 1916 and was given most often in 1980, to 1,079 babies. In 2025, 120 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1916 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Leticia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #232, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #1,707.

Girls
Rank in 2025#1,707
Best rank#232 (1976)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#259 in the 1970s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Leticia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Leticia were born in California than in any other state: about 13,765 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Leticia was given 4.2 times as often in Texas, 3.1 times in Arizona and 3.1 times in California.

California 13,765
Texas 11,576
Illinois 2,185
New York 1,677
Arizona 1,502
Florida 1,032
New Mexico 552
Washington 452
New Jersey 397
Michigan 396
Colorado 394
North Carolina 255
Oregon 254
Ohio 235
Indiana 234
Georgia 233
Pennsylvania 185
Wisconsin 180
Massachusetts 176
Virginia 132
Nevada 96
Kansas 94
Utah 89
Oklahoma 81
Connecticut 70
Tennessee 57
Missouri 53
Louisiana 52
Idaho 45
Iowa 27
Alabama 27
Minnesota 22
Nebraska 19
Arkansas 17
Kentucky 15
Maryland 12
South Carolina 9
Hawaii 6
Mississippi 4

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