Letty

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

Girl's name · #1382 in the US (2025) · Trending

Letty has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #796 (1892) · 4,615 babies named Letty all-time · 1 in 10,000 girls born in 2025.

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.

Famous Lettys

Letty Cottin Pogrebin — American author, journalist, lecturer, and social justice activist (born 1939)
Letty Aronson — American film producer
Letty Jimenez Magsanoc — Filipino journalist (1941-2015)
Letty Chiwara — Zimbabwean human rights activist
Letty Lind — British actor and dancer (1861-1923)

Among 29 notable people named Letty:

Entertainers appear 2.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Letty Aronson, American film producer.

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