Latifah
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 300 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,476since 1974
Latifah over time
Rank among girls' names. Latifah has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
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| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 |
| 1999 | #5,661 | 18 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 |
| 1994 | #1,905 | 74 |
| 1993 | #1,922 | 73 |
| 1992 | #802 | 251 |
| 1991 | #1,167 | 150 |
| 1990 | #701 | 300 |
| 1989 | #1,532 | 93 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #3,949 | 19 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Latifah! It came in at #6,900, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2003, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Latifah is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#437 · 1 in 3,199
- Connecticut#475 · 1 in 3,824
- Pennsylvania#600 · 1 in 5,525
- New York#722 · 1 in 5,939
- North Carolina#832 · 1 in 8,137
Best ever in a state: #152 in Delaware, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #437 | 15 | 1 in 3,199 |
| Connecticut | #475 | 5 | 1 in 3,824 |
| Pennsylvania | #600 | 13 | 1 in 5,525 |
| New York | #722 | 20 | 1 in 5,939 |
| North Carolina | #832 | 5 | 1 in 8,137 |
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See more about Latifah
- 2,085 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #13,208)
- 2,118 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 831 spots in 1990 (#1,532 → #701)
- Biggest drop: 1,120 spots in 1993 (#802 → #1,922)
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1990 at #701 (300 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1990–1992
- Highest: 1 in 6,328 girls born in 1990 were named Latifah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 64.2% of all girls named Latifah (947) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 101 | #2,859 (1978) | #4,896 |
| 1980s | 241 | #1,532 (1989) | #4,557 |
| 1990s | 947 | #701 (1990) | #3,361 |
| 2000s | 84 | #4,791 (2000) | #10,161 |
| 2010s | 72 | #9,112 (2019) | #12,119 |
| 2020s | 31 | #11,090 (2020) | #13,329 |
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.
Latifah in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 19,823 of them was named Latifah, which outranked 89.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,523Rashida94
- #1,523Shavonne94
- #1,523William94
- #1,532Latifah93
- #1,532Kacee93
- #1,532Magaly93
- #1,532Sammantha93
- #1,540Analisa92
- #1,540Chelsee92
- #1,540Courteney92
Tied with 7 names at #1,532; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.