Leatrice
Leatrice is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Leatrice Eiseman, an American color specialist. Leatrice Joy (1893–1985), an American actress. Leatrice Morin (1922–2009), an American politician.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Leatrice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leatrice is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Leatrice Eiseman, an American color specialist. Leatrice Joy (1893–1985), an American actress. Leatrice Morin (1922–2009), an American politician.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Leatrice
Leatrice first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1908, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1927: 371 births, good for #350 nationwide. About 39% of every Leatrice on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Leatrice last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Leatrice
Leatrice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Leatrice's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #350. Use the chart and map above to compare Leatrice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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