Latesha

Peak · girls
1980 · 185 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,110
since 1966

Latesha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Latesha has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #843, 1980girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2007#13,9247
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2005#13,0107
2004#14,1796
2003#10,4259
2002#8,83711
2001#6,32217
2000#5,15122
1999#5,21920
1998#3,91429
1997#2,93441
1996#2,67246
1995#2,18961
1994#1,81079
1993#1,554100
1992#1,381119
1991#1,322125
1990#1,247132
1989#1,259125
1988#1,42797
1987#1,43391
1986#1,224112
1985#1,056140
1984#1,067131
1983#1,114121
1982#950156
1981#942157
1980#843185
1979#1,006142
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1977#891159
1976#1,117107
1975#1,16299
1974#1,124103
1973#1,58958
1972#1,48864
1971#2,17537
1970#2,35432
1969#3,31817
1968#5,1478
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Latesha! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Latesha is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Latesha in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Latesha
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
  • Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1977
  • Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1983
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1980 at #843 (185 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1980–1982
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,975
  • Highest: 1 in 8,975 girls born in 1980 were named Latesha (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 274,660 girls born in 2007 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 42.3% of all girls named Latesha (1,315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s30#3,318 (1969)#5,010
1970s934#891 (1977)#1,393
1980s1,315#843 (1980)#1,132
1990s752#1,247 (1990)#2,424
2000s79#5,151 (2000)#10,264

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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