Letty

Meaning: Joy, gladness
Origin: Variant of Letitia · from Latin laetus (from Latin)

Girl's name · #1386 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Letty is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1880, it stood at #1386 in 2025; about 4,600 girls have been named Letty along the way.

Across the states

In recent years, Letty ran about 4× its national rate in Iowa and Minnesota.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 16 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Letty ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,693 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,862 in France (2025) · #1,784 in Canada (2024).

Famous Lettys

Letty Cottin Pogrebin — American author, journalist, lecturer, and social justice activist (born 1939)
Letty Aronson — American film producer
Letty Jimenez Magsanoc — Filipino journalist (1941–2015)
Letty Chiwara — Zimbabwean human rights activist
Letty Lind — British actor and dancer (1861–1923)

In stories & tradition

Letty Whiterock — Touhou Youyoumu ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom (video game)

What Lettys become

Among 29 notable people named Letty:

Entertainers appear 2.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Letty Aronson, American film producer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Lettie (#757), Letty would rank around #577 with about 520 births last year — the newborns split about 69/31 between Lettie and Letty.

Similar names: Lettie · Arabelle · Lenna · Gitty · Vesper · Junie

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