Lettie

“Variant of Letitia — joy, gladness (from Latin laetus)” — Latin (via Letitia) origin

Girl's name · #757 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Lettie was #184 in 1881, slipped to #16618 by 2008, and has climbed back to #757 today. About 11,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In Mississippi and Alabama it runs about 3× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Letty (#1386), Lettie would rank around #577 with about 520 births last year — the newborns split about 69/31 between Lettie and Letty.

Around the world: about 1 in 5,200 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 9,200 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Letties

Lettie Viljoen — South African writer
Lettie Beckon Alston — composer
Lettie Oosthoek — Dutch actress (1937–2026)
Lettie Cowman — writer and missionary
Lettie A. Allen — Public servant, political activist, feminist, local politician

In stories & tradition

Lettie — Something's Afoot

Similar names: Letty · Belle · Lenna · Hattie · Flora · Lottie

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