Meaning and history
Loretta is perhaps a variant of Lauretta or Loreto, or a diminutive of names beginning with Lor. A notable bearer was the American actress Loretta Young (1913–2000), whose birth name was Gretchen.
20062006: 113 births, rank #1,809
2007: 105 births, rank #1,957
2008: 112 births, rank #1,890
2009: 84 births, rank #2,316
2010: 97 births, rank #2,043
20112011: 111 births, rank #1,817
2012: 124 births, rank #1,690
2013: 121 births, rank #1,713
2014: 179 births, rank #1,321
2015: 219 births, rank #1,154
20162016: 240 births, rank #1,082
2017: 229 births, rank #1,102
2018: 232 births, rank #1,085
2019: 252 births, rank #1,020
2020: 272 births, rank #942
20212021: 300 births, rank #901
2022: 346 births, rank #810
2023: 371 births, rank #757
2024: 423 births, rank #677
20252025: 485 births, rank #606
Loretta rose from #677 to #606 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1938, with 3,913 births.