How Many People Are Named Letia?
An estimated 351 people in the United States have the first name Letia. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 43 years old, and Letia peaked in popularity in 1987 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Letia as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Letia paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
351
About 1 in 976,508 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
43
years old
Peak Year
1987
21 births
Total Registered
379
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Letia
Letia is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 379 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Letia as a female name
Ranked #16,486 in 2000
5 female births in 2000
Peak: 1987 (21 births)
Letia: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Letia span from the 1950s to the 2000s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 155 babies were registered. Letia has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Letia by Decade
How has Letia tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Letia + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Letia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Letia
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Letia: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Letia?
We estimate approximately 351 people named Letia are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 976,508 Americans share this first name.
Is Letia a common name?
Letia is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 379 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Letia most popular?
Letia reached peak popularity in 1987, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Letia is approximately 43 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Letia a female name?
Letia is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Letia Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Letia Smith, Letia Johnson, Letia Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me