Lateefah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lateefah

The Social Security Administration has registered 617 babies named Lateefah between 1971 and 2006, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lateefah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lateefah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 254 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lateefah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Lateefah in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lateefah 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 617 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.