Latasha

Where Latasha comes from

La- + Tasha
— Wiktionary's entry for Latasha
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #4,300 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    LaTasha Colander born
    American athletics competitor
  3. 1977
    LaTasha Jenkins born
    American sprinter
  4. 1981
    Peak, #139
    2,060 babies named Latasha — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1989
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #282.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name of African-American usage
Namesakes
  • LaTasha Colander · American athletics competitor, born 1976
  • LaTasha Jenkins · American sprinter, born 1977
  • Latasha Harlins · student, 1975–1991
  • Latasha Byears · American basketball player, born 1973
  • Latasha Thomas · Chicago local politician, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.