Girl name#1,303 of girl names
Letitia
Pronounced L IH0 T IH1 SH IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1964
- 145 years in use
How popular is Letitia?
Letitia is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 11,408 children — the 1,303rd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 25 births across the past decade, against a peak of 329 in a single year. That peak was in 1964.
Nicknames
Common short forms: Lettie.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L IH0 T IH1 SH IY0 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 0100
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Letitia
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Letitia
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Letitia?
- Letitia ranks 1,303rd among girls' names in US records, with 11,408 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 25.
- Is Letitia a unisex name?
- No. Letitia is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Letitia most popular?
- 1964, when 329 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- What are common nicknames for Letitia?
- Lettie. These are recorded as separate names in their own right, so each has its own page and its own popularity curve.