Leticia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- le-TISH-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,703 for girls
Leticia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “joy, happiness”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 1,703rd for girls in the US (120 babies).
What does Leticia mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Letitia
“joy, happiness”
The Spanish and Portuguese form of Letitia, from the Latin laetitia, gladness.
Is Leticia a girl's or a boy's name?
Leticia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 120 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leticia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Leticia, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leticia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Leticia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 22 | #1,552 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,272 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 32 | #1,034 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,243 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,238 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Leticia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,703rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 120 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were named Leticia, making it the 1,703rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,678th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 1,070 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Leticia in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leticia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 124 | #1,669 |
| 2022 | 123 | #1,692 |
| 2021 | 122 | #1,698 |
| 2020 | 122 | #1,678 |
| 2019 | 119 | #1,740 |
| 2018 | 131 | #1,623 |
| 2017 | 134 | #1,614 |
| 2016 | 151 | #1,505 |
| 2015 | 156 | #1,470 |
| 2014 | 160 | #1,422 |
| 2013 | 153 | #1,457 |
| 2012 | 169 | #1,379 |
| 2011 | 170 | #1,354 |
| 2010 | 232 | #1,070 |
| 2009 | 238 | #1,073 |
| 2008 | 271 | #983 |
| 2007 | 269 | #991 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 332 | #782 |
| 2004 | 353 | #744 |
| 2003 | 378 | #690 |
| 2002 | 391 | #646 |
| 2001 | 461 | #561 |
| 2000 | 468 | #557 |
| 1999 | 477 | #531 |
| 1998 | 541 | #474 |
| 1997 | 543 | #462 |
| 1996 | 547 | #458 |
| 1995 | 587 | #438 |
| 1994 | 649 | #389 |
| 1993 | 671 | #380 |
| 1992 | 850 | #321 |
| 1991 | 651 | #392 |
| 1990 | 782 | #340 |
| 1989 | 663 | #380 |
| 1988 | 682 | #359 |
| 1987 | 693 | #348 |
| 1986 | 673 | #353 |
| 1985 | 783 | #308 |
| 1984 | 753 | #315 |
| 1983 | 842 | #279 |
| 1982 | 966 | #257 |
| 1981 | 1,036 | #241 |
| 1980 | 1,070 | #240 |
| 1979 | 1,018 | #246 |
| 1978 | 1,021 | #240 |
| 1977 | 1,020 | #242 |
| 1976 | 1,037 | #232 |
| 1975 | 977 | #249 |
| 1974 | 1,019 | #251 |
| 1973 | 987 | #254 |
| 1972 | 1,052 | #256 |
| 1971 | 1,052 | #274 |
| 1970 | 973 | #297 |
| 1969 | 991 | #283 |
| 1968 | 851 | #304 |
| 1967 | 764 | #313 |
| 1966 | 841 | #305 |
| 1965 | 786 | #321 |
| 1964 | 843 | #324 |
| 1963 | 803 | #333 |
| 1962 | 791 | #334 |
| 1961 | 870 | #318 |
| 1960 | 772 | #343 |
| 1959 | 602 | #386 |
| 1958 | 554 | #389 |
| 1957 | 543 | #391 |
| 1956 | 478 | #415 |
| 1955 | 402 | #447 |
| 1954 | 326 | #488 |
| 1953 | 307 | #497 |
| 1952 | 234 | #566 |
| 1951 | 148 | #718 |
| 1950 | 110 | #832 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 57 | #1,196 |
| 1947 | 44 | #1,396 |
| 1946 | 41 | #1,359 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 28 | #1,442 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,038 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 16 | #1,999 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,032 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,403 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,873 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Nicknames for Leticia
- Letty 10 girls in the UK in 2025
- Tish
Names like Leticia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Olivia, Lilia, Mia, Lucia, Lara, Liana, Fatima, Livia, Jessica, Maria, Francesca, Marnie
Names related to Leticia
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Leticia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leticia, updated 20 October 2026.