Loretta
Quick answers about Loretta
How many people are named Loretta?
An estimated 83,579 living Americans are named Loretta.
How rare is Loretta?
Loretta is uncommon among babies today, with 485 girls receiving the name in 2025, down 87.6% from its 1938 peak.
How old is the typical Loretta?
The median age of a living American named Loretta is approximately 68 years, with most bearers falling between 59 and 78 years old.
Is Loretta still popular?
Yes — Loretta is currently rising in popularity, with 485 births in 2025. Births this decade are running about 2.5× higher than the previous decade.
Where is Loretta most common?
Loretta has its strongest geographic signal in Minnesota, where it appeared 4.6× more often than the national baseline in the 2020s.
Loretta is most concentrated in Minnesota — about 4.6× the national rate in the 2020s. It also runs high in Wisconsin.
States where Loretta is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.