Leticia is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin Laetitia and means "joy" or "gladness"; it was the name of the Roman goddess of happiness and a title of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Joy. In the United States it has been used mainly in Hispanic families. Leticia ranked number 558 in 2000, dropped out of the top 1000 in the following years and has stayed close to number 1500 to 1750 since, standing at number 1707 in 2025.