Letricia
Feminine
Letricia sits exactly where two well-known names overlap. Add one r to Leticia and the result is Letricia; swap the Pa of Patricia for Le and it appears again. Said aloud it lands close to both, a three-syllable name with a hushed sh at its center.
How old is the name Letricia?
Letricia first appears in US birth records in 1939 — 86 years ago. The typical Letricia alive today was born around 1970, making them about 55 years old. About 500 people named Letricia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Letricia most popular?
Letricia peaked in 1965, reaching #2684 nationally. See the whole 1965 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Letricia
Letricia is a name that listened to two conversations at once. From Leticia it took the opening Le; from Patricia it took the r and the -tricia ending that generations of Americans could spell without thinking. The result keeps a foot in each without leaning on either, and carries its hush in the middle the way both of its neighbors do.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Leticia means joy, from the Latin laetitia, and Patricia comes from the Latin word for Rome's patrician class. Letricia stands between them, and because nothing records which one it grew from, neither meaning belongs to it by right. What it has is the shape of both.
Pronouncing Letricia
leh-TRISH-uh
Most readers will rhyme it with Patricia. A reading closer to Leticia, leh-TREE-sha, is also natural; either is fine once chosen.
Nicknames for Letricia
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1939
- Most girls named
- 196521 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2684reached in 1965
- Change vs 1990
- +33.3%8 in 1991, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Letricias among us
people named Letricia are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Letricia sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds familiar at once, because both Patricia and Leticia are long established.
- Has two ready short forms with long histories behind them: Tricia and Letty.
- The -tricia ending is a spelling most people already know.
- It will be corrected in both directions, to Leticia by those who hear the Le and to Patricia by those who hear the tricia, so expect to spell it.
- Anyone looking it up will find the meanings of Leticia and Patricia attached. Letricia inherits their sound, not their dictionary entries, and a blend can be loved without one.
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Frequently asked
- How many Letricias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Letricia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Letricia in 2025?
- Letricia is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Letricia with classmates?
- Letricia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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