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Its wave through time Fading since the 1890s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 1890 Boys 1892 per 100,000 babies of that sex 2,957 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1892, about 1 in 5,100 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Lydia Girl Greek, 'woman from Lydia', a region of western Asia Minor. Biblical · peak 1890 Lloyd Boy Welsh llwyd 'grey'. Victorian · peak 1918 Lottie Girl English pet form of Charlotte, from Germanic karl 'man, free man'. Victorian · peak 1894 Latoya Girl A modern African American coinage combining the prefix La- with Toya, itself perhaps from Antoinette or Victoria. Modern · peak 1984 · forgotten Leticia Girl Latin laetitia 'joy, gladness'. Modern · peak 1976 Loyd Boy A spelling of Lloyd, from Welsh llwyd 'grey'. Victorian · peak 1919 · forgotten Latonya Girl A modern African-American coinage combining the prefix La- with Tonya, a Russian pet form of Antonina. Modern · peak 1974 · forgotten Latisha Girl An American form of Leticia, from Latin laetitia 'joy, gladness'. Modern · peak 1979 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.