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“Variant of Letitia — joy, gladness (from Latin laetus)” — Latin, via Letitia origin
Girl's name · #1386 in the US (2025) · Trending
Letty is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #1386 in 2025; about 4,600 girls have been named Letty along the way. In Iowa and Minnesota it runs about 4× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Lettie (#757), Letty 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 11,000 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 17,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 29 notable people named Letty:
Entertainers appear 2.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Letty Aronson, American film producer.
Similar names: Lettie · Arabelle · Lenna · Gitty · Vesper · Junie
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