Recorded 1959–2022 Girls' name Peak 1981 30,211 births

Latasha — girls' name

30,211 babies named Latasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s91960s4071970s108761980s150351990s33042000s4672010s1012020s12
1980s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Latasha was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

2,060 babies were named Latasha in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Latasha

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,211 babies named Latasha between 1959 and 2022, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 2,060 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Latasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 15,035 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Latasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 2,120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Latasha in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Latasha 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 30,211 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.

Latasha at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

30,211

Since 1959

64 years of records

Peak year

1981

2,060 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1959

Recorded for 64 years

Last year on file: 2022

Latasha popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1959

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (1981)
2,060
Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
-50005001,0001,5002,0002,500 202220122004199619881980197219641959 9

Latasha popularity over time — boys

114 total births recorded since 1974 (Latasha as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 114 births
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Latasha by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
15,035 births that decade — 50% of Latasha's all-time total
1950s91960s4071970s108761980s150351990s33042000s4672010s1012020s12

Latasha by state

Where Latasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1959

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Latasha
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Illinois
2,120 7.0%
#2 Texas
2,008 6.6%
#3 California
1,749 5.8%
#4 Georgia
1,719 5.7%
#5 Florida
1,702 5.6%
#6 Louisiana
1,559 5.2%
#7 New York
1,544 5.1%
#8 North Carolina
1,427 4.7%
Illinois share of Latasha's total US births 7.0%
Even split

2,120 of 30,211 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.

Latasha appears in 43 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Latasha?
30,211 babies have been named Latasha since 1959. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 1981 with 2,060 births.
When was Latasha most popular?
Latasha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 15,035 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Latasha most popular?
The top states for the name Latasha are Illinois (2,120 births), Texas (2,008 births), California (1,749 births).
How long has the name Latasha been used?
Latasha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1959, spanning 64 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Latasha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Latoya, Latonya, Latisha, Latanya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1959–2022 (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.