Lathan
- #2,676 for boys in 2025, 48 births
- Peak · boys
- 2011 · 214 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,289since 1912
Lathan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Lathan has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,676 | 48 |
| 2024 | #2,190 | 66 |
| 2023 | #2,290 | 61 |
| 2022 | #1,892 | 83 |
| 2021 | #1,884 | 81 |
| 2020 | #1,694 | 92 |
| 2019 | #1,723 | 91 |
| 2018 | #1,364 | 129 |
| 2017 | #1,413 | 123 |
| 2016 | #1,127 | 172 |
| 2015 | #1,148 | 164 |
| 2014 | #1,082 | 178 |
| 2013 | #1,338 | 128 |
| 2012 | #1,167 | 156 |
| 2011 | #932 | 214 |
| 2010 | #971 | 203 |
| 2009 | #1,070 | 174 |
| 2008 | #1,263 | 138 |
| 2007 | #1,287 | 135 |
| 2006 | #1,391 | 114 |
| 2005 | #1,354 | 111 |
| 2004 | #1,349 | 108 |
| 2003 | #1,253 | 115 |
| 2002 | #1,384 | 95 |
| 2001 | #1,743 | 65 |
| 2000 | #1,713 | 66 |
| 1999 | #1,801 | 55 |
| 1998 | #2,012 | 47 |
| 1997 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #2,183 | 38 |
| 1995 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,467 | 29 |
| 1991 | #2,753 | 24 |
| 1990 | #2,628 | 25 |
| 1989 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #2,961 | 18 |
| 1987 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #2,341 | 21 |
| 1981 | #2,270 | 22 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,358 | 17 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,121 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,347 | 13 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #3,264 | 5 |
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| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Lathan! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Lathan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| Texas | #2,574 | 5 | 1 in 35,010 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Lathan
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 982 spots since 2020 (#1,694 → #2,676)
- Biggest jump: 99 spots in 2010
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 2012
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 2011 at #932 (214 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 2010–2011
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,875
- Highest: 1 in 8,875 boys born in 2011 were named Lathan (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 35,585 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 36.3% of all boys named Lathan (1,558) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 38 | #2,269 (1912) | #3,167 |
| 1920s | 90 | #2,347 (1922) | #3,053 |
| 1930s | 78 | #2,121 (1934) | #2,685 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,179 (1940) | #2,718 |
| 1950s | 107 | #1,956 (1954) | #2,668 |
| 1960s | 96 | #2,270 (1965) | #2,883 |
| 1970s | 133 | #2,358 (1974) | #2,939 |
| 1980s | 193 | #2,270 (1981) | #2,664 |
| 1990s | 360 | #1,801 (1999) | #2,306 |
| 2000s | 1,121 | #1,070 (2009) | #1,381 |
| 2010s | 1,558 | #932 (2011) | #1,227 |
| 2020s | 431 | #1,694 (2020) | #2,104 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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