Loreto
Boy · loh-REH-toh · Latin
Loreto is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “laurel grove”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Loreto mean?
Latin: from Loreto in Italy, from Latin lauretum
“laurel grove”
From Loreto in Italy, a Marian pilgrimage town whose name comes from the Latin lauretum, a grove of laurels.
- Say it
- loh-REH-toh
Is Loreto a girl's or a boy's name?
Loreto is a boys' name.
How popular is Loreto in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1923, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Loreto in the US since 1880 were born between 1930 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Loreto in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,638 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 10 | #2,821 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,485 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
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