Girls' name · since 1971

Latacia

38 babies named Latacia in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#38,215 of 72,339
all-time among girls
38
born since 1971
1980s
peak decade

Latacia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 38 recorded since 1971.

Latacia has 38 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1986.

  • #38,215 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 38 born since 1971
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latacia ranks #38,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.

#38,215 of 72,339
all-time among girls
38
born since 1971
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Latacia's 38 recorded births place it above 46.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Latacia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Latacia's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Latacia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1986

Last recorded 1986
Peak year (1974)
8
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
456789 197119741980198119831986 5

Latacia by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (24 births, 63% of the file).

1980s was Latacia's strongest decade.

24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.

Latacia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 24 births (63% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Latacia? ▼
38 babies have been named Latacia since 1971. All-time, it sits at #38,215 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1986. The peak year was 1974 with 8 births.
Where does Latacia sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latacia ranks #38,215 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Latacia most popular? ▼
Latacia was most popular in the 1980s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 1974.
How long has the name Latacia been used? ▼
Records for Latacia go back to 1971, giving 16 years of history through 1986.
What names are similar to Latacia? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Latoya, Latasha, Latonya, Latisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Latacia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Latacia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.