Girls' name · since 1964
Latecia
505 babies named Latecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 505
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latecia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 505 have been recorded since 1964.
Latecia has 505 recorded births among girls since 1964, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2005.
- #11,796 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 505 born since 1964
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latecia ranks #11,796 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 505 born since 1964, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,796 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 505
- born since 1964
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latecia's 505 recorded births place it above 83.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Latecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Latecia's full recorded timeline at 1984, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Latecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2005
- Peak year (1980)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Latecia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (185 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Latecia's strongest decade.
185 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Latecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
153 births
- 1980s
1980s
185 births
- 1990s
1990s
107 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 185 births (37% of all-time use).
How Latecia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Latecia's total volume
Latecia by state
Where Latecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 8 | 1.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.0% |
8 of 505 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Latecia's data
- Latecia's decade-level peak was the 1980s (185 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Latecias (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Latecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
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, 1964–2005 (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 Latecia 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.