Loretto

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Loretto: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Loretto: Recorded since 1964, it reached #196 in 1967, and it was last ranked in 1982.

1registrar recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#196highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in Republic of Ireland · 1964–1982

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Republic of Ireland · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1964	#274
1965	#227
1966	#236
1968	#270
1969	#265
1970	#282
1971	#326
1972	#428
1973	#374
1974	#393
1976	#497
1978	#522
1980	#542
1982	#523

VerifiedSource: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names.Confidence: high.

See all Republic of Ireland names · Source: CSO Ireland — Irish Babies' Names

What the data shows

FallingRepublic of Ireland · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 14 of the 19 years from 1964 to 1982.

Official data for Republic of Ireland, 1964–1982 · CSO Ireland. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #274 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent1982
Most recently recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1982.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Loretto by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Loretto in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	43	5 of 10	9
1970s	37	7 of 10	5
1980s	6	2 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Loretto appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1982. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1967.

Loretto's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	9	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#265	10	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	9	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	10	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#274	6	High	Verified

Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1964 and 1982, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #196, first reached in 1967.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1965.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lorien · #2301, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Deborrah · #195, 10y
Gordan · #194, 18y
Elfrid · #193, 18y
Aashild · #202, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Dereck · #196, 17y
Vida · #196, 40y
Bilal · #197, 50y
Deborrah · #195, 10y

Loretto was ranked #196 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1967. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Loretto and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Loretto without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Loretto

Abigail Compare
In 1975 they stood at #393 and #428 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1976 that had become #497 and #271.
Jessica Compare
In 1971 they stood at #326 and #383 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #428 and #237.
Nina Compare
In 1971 they stood at #326 and #349 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #428 and #237.
Danielle Compare
In 1971 they stood at #326 and #383 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1972 that had become #428 and #269.

Moved the opposite way to Loretto

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 while Aisling went from #154 to #31.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 while Alison went from #146 to #70.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 while Amanda went from #118 to #43.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 while Aoife went from #206 to #14.

Moved the same way as Loretto

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 and Alice from #57 to #161.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 and Angela from #24 to #82.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 and Ann from #4 to #24.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 1982 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Loretto went from #274 to #523 and Anna from #34 to #65.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Republic of Ireland from 1964 to 1982. Highest recorded position: #196 in Republic of Ireland in 1967. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Loretto

Loretto at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Loretto by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Loretto at a glance

Loretto by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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