Loreta
Loreta is a feminine given name. People bearing the name Loreta include:Loreta (1911–1998), Iranian actress Loreta Anilionytė, Lithuanian philosopher, writer and translator Loreta Graužinienė, Lithuanian politician Loreta Gulotta, Italian fencer Loreta Kullashi, Swedish footballer Loreta Janeta Velázquez (1842–1923), Cuban-American who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the American…
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Loreta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Loreta is a feminine given name. People bearing the name Loreta include:Loreta (1911–1998), Iranian actress Loreta Anilionytė, Lithuanian philosopher, writer and translator Loreta Graužinienė, Lithuanian politician Loreta Gulotta, Italian fencer Loreta Kullashi, Swedish footballer Loreta Janeta Velázquez (1842–1923), Cuban-American who masqueraded as a male Confederate soldier during the American…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Loreta
The earliest SSA record of Loreta as a baby girl name dates back to 1900, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 36 newborns named Loreta — #1,189 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Loreta on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Loreta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Loreta
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About the name Loreta
Loreta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1900 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Loreta's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,189. Use the chart and map above to compare Loreta'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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