Lettie

What Lettie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Lettie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,919 in 2015, #756 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Lettie?

US: Rising: up from #1919 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1204 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 68 girls got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 4,490 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,169 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), IA (1.02 per 1,000 girls), UT (1.0 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Lettie is #756 in the US and #747 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Lettie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Lottie570 US · 1,222 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Lettie

Girls

• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Jane#221“God is gracious”^*
• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• Charlie#133Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #133 vs #747 in 2025
• Antonella#284Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,018 in 2015, #284 in 2025

For a brother

• Atlas#75Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #487 in 2015, #75 in 2025
• Weston#55Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #120 in 2015, #55 in 2025
• Dean#125“valley”^*
• Barrett#171Editor’s note 2,138 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Shepherd#246From the word “shepherd”^*
• Waylon#56Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #222 in 2015, #56 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Lettie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.