Girls' name · since 1960
Latanja
136 babies named Latanja in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Latanja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 136 recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Latanja recorded 136 times among girls since 1960, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1982.
- #23,791 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latanja ranks #23,791 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,791 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Latanja's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latanja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Latanja's SSA record in two at 1968 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Latanja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1982
- Peak year (1969)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Latanja by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (79 births, 58% of the file).
1960s was Latanja's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Latanja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
79 births
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 79 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Latanja's decade-level peak was the 1960s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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 Latanja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1960–1982 (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 Latanja 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.