girls:
923 births since 1882
#4793 (16th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1920
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
933 births since 1882
#6806 (12th percentile)
The name Loretto is the #6,806 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 933 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,793 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 923 births since 1882. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1920.
Loretto first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (1882 for girls and 1920 for boys). Birth data for Loretto is available in 78 out of the 140 years between 1882 and 2021 (77 years for girls and 2 years for boys). 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.
The name Loretto has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2021, 0.0% of babies named Loretto were girls. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (99.5% girls from 1882 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2012 to 2021).
For girls, Loretto reached its peak popularity in 1891, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #272) with 102 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 102 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
For boys, Loretto reached its peak popularity in 1920, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1920, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Loretto".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Loretto. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.5% confident that Loretto is pronounced as law-REH-toh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ler-EH-toh, at 36.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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