Meaning and history
Leta is an English feminine name of uncertain formation. It may be a short form of Letitia, from Latin laetitia, meaning “joy” or “gladness,” or a variant of Leda, the name of a figure in Greek mythology. These possible routes are unrelated, so one fixed meaning should not be assumed. Notable bearers include American actor Leta Stetter Hollingworth, a psychologist and educator, and American artist Leta Peer.
20062006: 11 births, rank #9,901
2007: 12 births, rank #9,539
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: 11 births, rank #9,790
20112011: 13 births, rank #8,614
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 8 births, rank #11,969
2014: 22 births, rank #5,797
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 15 births, rank #7,602
2017: 14 births, rank #7,840
2018: 13 births, rank #8,146
2019: 14 births, rank #7,716
2020: 27 births, rank #4,757
20212021: 10 births, rank #9,562
2022: 8 births, rank #11,231
2023: 13 births, rank #8,055
2024: 11 births, rank #8,946
20252025: 10 births, rank #9,457
Leta moved from #906 to #952 for girls between 1960 and 1961. Its highest annual birth count came in 1918, with 233 births.