How Many People Are Named Loreto?

324

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

About 1 in 1,054,891 people in the US has this name

Based on 515 babies named Loreto in Social Security records from 1915 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#21,347

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#7,634

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Peak Year

1924

15 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian, Spanish
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From the name of a town in Italy, originally called Lauretum in Latin, meaning "laurel grove". Supposedly in the 13th century the house of the Virgin Mary was miraculously carried by angels from Nazareth to the town.

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

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
4.8%
Male
95.3%

Of the babies given the name Loreto, 4.8% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Loreto alive today is about 37 years old, and 48% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 20 and 51 in 2025.

Under 30 118
36.3%
30 to 59 155
47.7%
60 and over 52
16%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Loreto first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1924, to 15 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2023

🏆 Rank History

Loreto has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,153, in 1929.

Boys
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#2,153 (1929)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,955 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Loreto were born in California than in any other state: about 15 of those alive today.

California 15

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