Girls' name · since 1971

Latawnya

Latawnya has 54 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#34,122 of 72,339
all-time among girls
54
born since 1971
1970s
peak decade

54 girls have been named Latawnya since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Latawnya has 54 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1979.

  • #34,122 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 54 born since 1971
  • 1970s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latawnya ranks #34,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.

#34,122 of 72,339
all-time among girls
54
born since 1971
1970s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Latawnya's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Latawnya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Latawnya's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Latawnya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1979

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1971)
13
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
468101214 1971197319741975197619781979 7

Latawnya by decade

1970s is the heaviest window (54 births, 100% of the file).

1970s was Latawnya's strongest decade.

54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Latawnya births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 54 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Latawnya?
Latawnya has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1971, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #34,122 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1979. 13 babies were born in 1971, its single highest year.
Where does Latawnya sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latawnya ranks #34,122 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Latawnya most popular?
Latawnya was most popular in the 1970s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Latawnya been used?
The SSA has tracked Latawnya since 1971 -- 9 years through the most recent 1979 data.
What names are similar to Latawnya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Latoya, Latasha, Latonya, Latisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Latawnya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1971–1979 (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 Latawnya 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.