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.
48% of everyone ever named Lataja was born in this single decade.
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 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lataja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1988
- Peak year (1988)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
106 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 26 births in a single year.
Lataja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 51 births that decade — 48% of Lataja's all-time total
Lataja decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Lataja's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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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.