Girls' name · since 1971

Latechia

Latechia has 26 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#42,776 of 72,339
all-time among girls
26
born since 1971
1970s
peak decade

Latechia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1971.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latechia has been recorded 26 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1979.

  • #42,776 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 26 born since 1971
  • 1970s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latechia ranks #42,776 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.

#42,776 of 72,339
all-time among girls
26
born since 1971
1970s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Latechia's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% 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.

Latechia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Latechia splits its recorded history at 1974: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Latechia popularity over time

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

Last recorded 1979
Peak year (1972)
6
Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
4.555.566.5 19711972197419771979 5

Latechia by decade

1970s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).

1970s was Latechia's strongest decade.

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

Latechia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 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 Latechia?
Latechia has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1971, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #42,776 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 1979. 6 babies were born in 1972, its single highest year.
Where does Latechia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latechia ranks #42,776 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 Latechia most popular?
Latechia was most popular in the 1970s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 1972.
How long has the name Latechia been used?
The SSA has tracked Latechia since 1971 -- 9 years through the most recent 1979 data.
What names are similar to Latechia?
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 Latechia: 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 Latechia 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.