girls:
429 births since 1915
#5287 (7th percentile)
overall:
429 births since 1915
#7310 (6th percentile)
The name Loetta is the #7,310 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 429 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 5.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,287 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 429 births since 1915.
Loetta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for girls in 1915). Birth data for Loetta is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1915 and 1965. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Loetta reached its peak popularity in 1940, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #571) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1940, with 19 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1965.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Loetta".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Loetta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.9% confident that Loetta is pronounced as loh-EH-tuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is LOH-eh-tuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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