Lettie
Pronounced L EH1 T IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2024
- 145 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Lettie?
Lettie is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 15,193 children — the 1,097th most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about six times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 412 children were given it.
Letty is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Lettie and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Letty
Nicknames
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L EH1 T IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Lettie
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Lettie
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Lettie?
- Lettie ranks 1,097th among girls' names in US records, with 15,193 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,965.
- Is Lettie a unisex name?
- No. Lettie is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Lettie most popular?
- 2024, when 412 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Lettie spelled?
- Letty. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.