Recorded 1988–2006 Girls' name Peak 1988 106 births

Lataja — girls' name

106 babies named Lataja in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s321990s512000s23
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Lataja was born in this single decade.

1988
Single peak year

26 babies were named Lataja in 1988 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lataja

The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Lataja between 1988 and 2006, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lataja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lataja performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lataja shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lataja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 106 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Lataja at a glance

Last recorded 2006

Total births

106

Since 1988

19 years of records

Peak year

1988

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2006

Active since

1988

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2006

Lataja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1988

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (1988)
26
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
051015202530 200620032002200119991998199719951992199019891988 26

Lataja by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
51 births that decade — 48% of Lataja's all-time total
1980s321990s512000s23

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lataja?
106 babies have been named Lataja since 1988. It was last recorded in 2006. The peak year was 1988 with 26 births.
When was Lataja most popular?
Lataja was most popular in the 1990s decade with 51 total births. The single peak year was 1988.
How long has the name Lataja been used?
Lataja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 19 years of data through 2006.
What names are similar to Lataja?
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.