Latesha
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #13,924
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 185 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,110since 1966
Latesha over time
Rank among girls' names. Latesha has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
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| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #2,934 | 41 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 |
| 1993 | #1,554 | 100 |
| 1992 | #1,381 | 119 |
| 1991 | #1,322 | 125 |
| 1990 | #1,247 | 132 |
| 1989 | #1,259 | 125 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 97 |
| 1987 | #1,433 | 91 |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 |
| 1985 | #1,056 | 140 |
| 1984 | #1,067 | 131 |
| 1983 | #1,114 | 121 |
| 1982 | #950 | 156 |
| 1981 | #942 | 157 |
| 1980 | #843 | 185 |
| 1979 | #1,006 | 142 |
| 1978 | #1,025 | 133 |
| 1977 | #891 | 159 |
| 1976 | #1,117 | 107 |
| 1975 | #1,162 | 99 |
| 1974 | #1,124 | 103 |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 |
| 1972 | #1,488 | 64 |
| 1971 | #2,175 | 37 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#266 · 1 in 1,124
- South Carolina#328 · 1 in 1,989
- Maryland#370 · 1 in 2,524
- Louisiana#383 · 1 in 2,362
- Mississippi#404 · 1 in 2,346
Best ever in a state: #266 in District of Columbia, 1980.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #266 | 5 | 1 in 1,124 |
| South Carolina | #328 | 9 | 1 in 1,989 |
| Maryland | #370 | 8 | 1 in 2,524 |
| Louisiana | #383 | 13 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Mississippi | #404 | 7 | 1 in 2,346 |
| Alabama | #436 | 8 | 1 in 2,874 |
| North Carolina | #444 | 10 | 1 in 3,325 |
| Georgia | #465 | 11 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Virginia | #516 | 7 | 1 in 4,259 |
| Missouri | #647 | 5 | 1 in 6,683 |
| Florida | #648 | 10 | 1 in 5,161 |
| Michigan | #660 | 9 | 1 in 6,697 |
| Illinois | #685 | 13 | 1 in 5,946 |
| Pennsylvania | #694 | 9 | 1 in 7,662 |
| New York | #811 | 14 | 1 in 7,133 |
| Ohio | #850 | 7 | 1 in 10,473 |
| Texas | #1,292 | 8 | 1 in 14,985 |
| California | #1,474 | 10 | 1 in 17,370 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Latesha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2007
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1977 (#1,117 → #891)
- Biggest drop: 164 spots in 1983 (#950 → #1,114)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1980 at #843 (185 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1980–1982
- 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%)
- 42.3% of all girls named Latesha (1,315) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 30 | #3,318 (1969) | #5,010 |
| 1970s | 934 | #891 (1977) | #1,393 |
| 1980s | 1,315 | #843 (1980) | #1,132 |
| 1990s | 752 | #1,247 (1990) | #2,424 |
| 2000s | 79 | #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.
Latesha in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 8,975 of them was named Latesha, which outranked 93.1% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).