Is Loreto a boy or girl name?

Loreto is a boy’s name. Of the 515 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.1% were girls and 95.9% were boys.

Loreto

Recorded 1915–2023 · United States

Loreto was most popular in 1924, when 15 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,241 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 515 people named Loreto.

Loreto over time

Births per year. The dot marks Loreto’s peak in 1924. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Loreto a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Loreto is a boy’s name — 4.1% of the 515 Americans given it were girls and 95.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org