Lateef — boys' name

What the Data Says About Lateef

The Social Security Administration has registered 891 babies named Lateef between 1967 and 2022, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lateef currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lateef performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Lateef shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Lateef in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lateef 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 891 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.