How popular is the name Leticia?

Leticia ranks 481st among girls' names in US records, with 61,519 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,372.

Is Leticia a unisex name?

No. Leticia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1980, when 2,127 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Latisha. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#481 of girl names

Pronounced L AH0 T IH1 SH AH0 (ARPABET)

Leticia is a girls' name, and first appears in 1916. It has been given to 61,519 children — the 481st most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 46% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1980, when 2,127 children were given it.

Latisha is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1980Girls: 2,127Boys: 9

These spellings sound identical to Leticia and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Leticia?: Leticia ranks 481st among girls' names in US records, with 61,519 births since 1916. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,372.
Is Leticia a unisex name?: No. Leticia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Leticia most popular?: 1980, when 2,127 children were given the name. It has been in use for 109 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Leticia spelled?: Latisha. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.