Girls' name · since 1988
Lataja
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 106 babies named Lataja, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lataja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 106 have been recorded since 1988.
Lataja has 106 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2006.
- #26,505 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 106 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lataja ranks #26,505 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 106 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,505 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 106
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Lataja's 106 recorded births place it above 63.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Lataja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lataja's full recorded timeline at 1998, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lataja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2006
- Peak year (1988)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Lataja by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (51 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Lataja's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Lataja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 51 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Lataja's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2000s (23) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lataja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1988–2006 (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 Lataja 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.