Latanza — girls' name
80 babies named Latanza in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Latanza was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Latanza in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latanza
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Latanza between 1964 and 1983, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latanza currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latanza performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Latanza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Indiana, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latanza in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latanza 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 80 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.
Latanza at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latanza popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1964
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
80 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 10 births in a single year.
Latanza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 32 births that decade — 40% of Latanza's all-time total
Latanza decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 30 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Latanza's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Latanza by state
Where Latanza concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Indiana | | 10 | 12.5% |
10 of 80 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Indiana 12.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Indiana accounts for 12.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1964–1983 (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.