Leticia is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “gladness.” In 2024 it was given to 114 girls in the United States.
Leticia belongs to the Spanish tradition. Its meaning — “gladness” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Leticia first appears in Social Security records in 1916. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #232 in 1976, and in 2024 114 babies received the name — 42,860 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leticia means “gladness” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leticia is a girl name. In 2024, 114 babies received the name in the US.
Leticia comes from the Spanish tradition.
Leticia first appears in US records in 1916. Its best-ever ranking was #232 in 1976, and 114 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leticia is pronounced /Amazonas|c/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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