NameTides

Lettie

Lettie was the #756 girls' name in the US in 2025 (358 babies), and #747 in England & Wales and #1,141 in Canada.

Lettie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Lettie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Lettie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#756 (358)#747 (49)—#1,141 (23)
2024#935 (282)#1,097 (31)—#1,479 (16)
2023#1,129 (215)#1,008 (34)—#1,491 (15)
2022#1,166 (207)#1,120 (30)—#1,550 (14)
2021#1,301 (174)#1,039 (33)—#1,876 (11)
2020#1,459 (147)#1,397 (22)—#2,591 (7)
2019#1,566 (137)#1,389 (22)—#2,374 (8)
2018#1,774 (115)#1,059 (33)#434 (3)—
2017#2,236 (84)#1,105 (31)—#2,374 (8)
2016#1,897 (106)#1,211 (28)——
2015#1,919 (105)#1,204 (28)——
2014#2,560 (69)#1,501 (20)——
2013#4,002 (37)#1,707 (17)——
2012#4,296 (34)———
2011#7,118 (17)#5,785 (3)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #181.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Lettie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Lettie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #296WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #275IAIndiana: #418INOhio: #562OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: #260UTColorado: #789CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #364TNNorth Carolina: #560NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #297ALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,532TXFlorida: #1,325FL
Lettie (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Lettie (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
LettieCanadaGirls#1,14123
LettieEngland & WalesGirls#74749
LettieNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
LettieUSGirls#756358