Girls' name · since 1972
Lataisha
Lataisha has 273 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lataisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 273 recorded since 1972.
Lataisha has 273 recorded births among girls since 1972, 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 1972 to 2006.
- #16,736 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 273 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lataisha ranks #16,736 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 273 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,736 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 273
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Lataisha's 273 recorded births place it above 76.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lataisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lataisha splits its recorded history at 1988: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1989 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lataisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2006
- Peak year (1977)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Lataisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (96 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Lataisha's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Lataisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s 31
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 96 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Lataisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lataisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
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, 1972–2006 (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 Lataisha 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.