Letizia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- leh-TEET-syah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Letizia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “joy, gladness”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Letizia mean?
Latin: Italian form of Laetitia, from Latin laetitia
“joy, gladness”
Napoleon's mother, Letizia Bonaparte, and Queen Letizia of Spain both bear the name.
Is Letizia a girl's or a boy's name?
Letizia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Letizia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
Letizia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Letizia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Letizia, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer girls named Letizia than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Letizia in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Letizia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,550 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Letizia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucia Emilia Olivia Sophia Luna Aria Lilia Amelia Livia Aurora Liyana Lyra
Names related to Letizia
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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, “Letizia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/letizia, updated 20 October 2026.