Latayna — girls' name
183 babies named Latayna 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.
68% of everyone ever named Latayna was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Latayna in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latayna
The Social Security Administration has registered 183 babies named Latayna between 1964 and 1984, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latayna currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latayna performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Latayna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latayna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latayna 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 183 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.
Latayna at a glance
Last recorded 1984Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–1964
- Peak year (1974)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1984.
183 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 18 births in a single year.
Latayna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 125 births that decade — 68% of Latayna's all-time total
Latayna decade highlights
- Peak decade 125 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Latayna's strongest decade
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Latayna by state
Where Latayna concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.7% |
5 of 183 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 2.7% 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, 1964–1984 (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.