Total births
43
Girls' name · since 1978
Latea
Latea has 43 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 43
- total births
- 1978–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
Latea is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 43 have been recorded since 1978.
Latea has 43 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 1999.
- 43 total births
- 1978–1999 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 47% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
43 girls have been named Latea since 1978, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 43
- total births
- 1978–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
1990s
Peak decade
47% of everyone ever named Latea was born in this single decade.
1997
Single peak year
10 babies were named Latea in 1997 - its busiest year on record.
Latea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Latea's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Latea at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
1997
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1978
Latea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1999
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Latea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Latea's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Latea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (47% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Latea? ▼
Latea has been given to 43 babies in the U.S. since 1978, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1999. 10 babies were born in 1997, its single highest year.
When was Latea most popular? ▼
Latea was most popular in the 1990s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Latea been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Latea since 1978 -- 22 years through the most recent 1999 data.
What names are similar to Latea? ▼
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.
Keep exploring Latea
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1978–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Latea: Baby Name Since 1978 - 43 Births, Peak 1997." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/latea. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Latea 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 July 2026.