Loretta

Loretta is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

FemaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Verdict: Female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Italy, Armenia
US records 1880–2017: 501 male / 174,841 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Loretta

If you do not know Loretta’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Loretta,” in English, “Guten Tag Loretta,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Loretta,

German

Guten Tag Loretta,

French

Bonjour Loretta,

Spanish

Estimado/a Loretta:

Chinese

Loretta您好：

Japanese

Loretta様

English

Hi Loretta,

German

Hi Loretta,

French

Salut Loretta,

Spanish

Hola Loretta,

Chinese

Loretta你好：

Japanese

Lorettaさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Loretta by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	very common	woman's name
Italy	uncommon	woman's name
Armenia	rare	woman's name
Austria	rare	woman's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Great Britain	rare	woman's name
Romania	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

501 male · 174,841 female · 175,342 births recorded

Male ≈ 0.3%Female ≈ 99.7%

Records from 1980–2017: 0.1% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Loretta a male or female name?

Loretta is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Loretta in an email?

Is Loretta a unisex name?

Loretta is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Loretta a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/loretta. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_loretta,
  title  = {Is Loretta a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/loretta},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}