Loretta
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Loretta
Though Loretta has long ago lost its Latin flair, fashionable Sarah Jessica Parker's choice of it as the middle name of one of her twin daughters freshens it up a bit. It's one of several such names, like Anita and Rita that we can envision making a comeback.
It's a name that was once strongly associated with the glamorous, long popular movie and then TV star Loretta Young (born Gretchen), as well as country singer Loretta Lynn--who was named after Loretta Young.
Loretta is also given to boys.
Pronounced lor-ET-uh.
As of October 2026, Loretta ranked #6884 in US births in 1981 SSA, peaked at #1480 in 1911.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,324 | 179 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,154 | 219 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,085 | 240 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,103 | 229 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,087 | 231 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,022 | 252 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #943 | 272 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #902 | 300 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #812 | 345 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #763 | 370 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #677 | 422 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #606 | 485 |
World rankings
Loretta for girls
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Loretta on lists
Famous Lorettas
- Gretchen "Loretta" YoungGirl
American actress
- Loretta LynnGirl
American country music singer
- Loretta DevineGirl
American actress
- Loretta Jane SwitGirl
American actress
- Loretta Elizabeth LynchGirl
U.S. Attorney General
- Loretta L. SánchezGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Loretta Mae LongGirl
American actress
- Loretta Lynda Chekani ChaseGirl
American romance novelist
- Loretta Lynn McEnroe (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of tennis players John McEnroe and Ashley Harkleroad
- (Marion) Loretta Elwell BroderickGirl
daughter of actors Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew Broderick
Loretta in pop culture
- Loretta BrownGirl
ex,wife of Cleveland Brown on TV's "Family Guy"
- Loretta TortelliGirl
character on TV's "Cheers"
- Loretta CancunGirl
minor character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
- Loretta BlackGirl
character on TV series "Curb Your Enthusiasm"
- Loretta MartinGirl
featured in the song "Get Back" by The Beatles
- Loretta CastoriniGirl
Cher's character in film "Moonstruck"
- Dr. Loretta WadeGirl
character on TV's "NCIS: New Orleans"
- Loretta CallistoGirl
character on animated series "Miles from Tomorrowland"
- Loretta StinsonGirl
Barney Stinson's mother on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
- "LorettaGirl
" song by Townes van Zandt
- Loretta LockhornGirl
character in the comic strip "The Lockhorns"