Latisha
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #4,811
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 1,175 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,406since 1948
Latisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Latisha has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | — | |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 | — | |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | — | |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,646 | 40 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,923 | 52 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,545 | 59 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,738 | 92 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,508 | 112 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,175 | 156 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,064 | 174 | — | |
| 1995 | #832 | 235 | — | |
| 1994 | #648 | 332 | — | |
| 1993 | #523 | 465 | — | |
| 1992 | #504 | 479 | — | |
| 1991 | #495 | 480 | — | |
| 1990 | #493 | 495 | — | |
| 1989 | #413 | 600 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #400 | 601 | — | |
| 1987 | #384 | 609 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #362 | 655 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #316 | 756 | — | |
| 1984 | #309 | 766 | — | |
| 1983 | #308 | 745 | — | |
| 1982 | #285 | 854 | — | |
| 1981 | #255 | 964 | — | |
| 1980 | #245 | 1,057 | — | |
| 1979 | #221 | 1,175 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #249 | 956 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #268 | 936 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #306 | 748 | — | |
| 1975 | #329 | 671 | — | |
| 1974 | #337 | 656 | — | |
| 1973 | #396 | 512 | — | |
| 1972 | #456 | 408 | — | |
| 1971 | #498 | 382 | — | |
| 1970 | #740 | 199 | — | |
| 1969 | #881 | 142 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,581 | 51 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,532 | 53 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,801 | 40 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,747 | 11 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Latisha! It came in at #3,350, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Latisha is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#83 · 1 in 309
- North Carolina#97 · 1 in 450
- Oklahoma#103 · 1 in 500
- Arkansas#115 · 1 in 518
- Virginia#120 · 1 in 561
Best ever in a state: #69 in District of Columbia, 1978.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #83 | 18 | 1 in 309 |
| North Carolina | #97 | 73 | 1 in 450 |
| Oklahoma | #103 | 37 | 1 in 500 |
| Arkansas | #115 | 25 | 1 in 518 |
| Virginia | #120 | 52 | 1 in 561 |
| Delaware | #121 | 6 | 1 in 460 |
| Mississippi | #124 | 29 | 1 in 537 |
| Louisiana | #129 | 49 | 1 in 597 |
| South Carolina | #144 | 28 | 1 in 616 |
| Alabama | #148 | 36 | 1 in 637 |
| New Jersey | #149 | 51 | 1 in 729 |
| Georgia | #152 | 46 | 1 in 731 |
| Kansas | #158 | 19 | 1 in 757 |
| Maryland | #159 | 24 | 1 in 811 |
| Tennessee | #174 | 34 | 1 in 838 |
| New York | #177 | 105 | 1 in 942 |
| Illinois | #182 | 72 | 1 in 1,037 |
| Kentucky | #194 | 24 | 1 in 1,020 |
| Missouri | #210 | 28 | 1 in 1,153 |
| West Virginia | #222 | 10 | 1 in 1,218 |
| Ohio | #226 | 53 | 1 in 1,360 |
| Florida | #234 | 35 | 1 in 1,339 |
| Pennsylvania | #245 | 45 | 1 in 1,520 |
| Texas | #252 | 85 | 1 in 1,307 |
| Indiana | #254 | 22 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Michigan | #259 | 36 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Connecticut | #266 | 9 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 13 | 1 in 2,353 |
| New Mexico | #355 | 5 | 1 in 1,734 |
| Iowa | #362 | 7 | 1 in 2,814 |
| Arizona | #378 | 9 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Washington | #390 | 10 | 1 in 2,532 |
| California | #472 | 54 | 1 in 3,025 |
| Colorado | #524 | 5 | 1 in 3,731 |
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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 Latisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 242 spots in 1971 (#740 → #498)
- Biggest drop: 232 spots in 1996 (#832 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1948
- Peaked 1979 at #221 (1,175 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1969–1995
- Highest: 1 in 1,366 girls born in 1979 were named Latisha (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,226 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 41.3% of all girls named Latisha (7,607) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | #3,350 (1948) | #4,297 |
| 1950s | 80 | #2,760 (1959) | #4,353 |
| 1960s | 500 | #881 (1969) | #2,049 |
| 1970s | 6,643 | #221 (1979) | #380 |
| 1980s | 7,607 | #245 (1980) | #328 |
| 1990s | 3,020 | #493 (1990) | #898 |
| 2000s | 406 | #2,545 (2000) | #3,994 |
| 2010s | 106 | #6,148 (2011) | #10,411 |
| 2020s | 29 | #10,383 (2022) | #12,060 |
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.
Latisha in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,366 of them was named Latisha, which outranked 98.2% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Latisha, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.