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Baby name
Loretta
Girl
Origin of the name
Loretta is a name of the Laura family, “laurel.” It is also linked to Loreto, a place of pilgrimage in Italy.
Classic name
177,564births since 1880
1930sgeneration
No. 62rank at its peak, in 1938
Where babies named Loretta are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Loretta is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Loretta is most common in West Virginia (2.4 times), North Dakota (1.8) and New Mexico (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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