Name meaning & stats
Loretta
Loretta means “laurel” (Latin origin). 101,075 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“laurel”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
101,075 US babies were named Loretta between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Loretta (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Loretta is the main spelling
- Loretta 97%
- Lorretta 2%
- Lorita 1%
- Loreta <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)