Total births
13
Girls' name · since 1980
Lateena
13 babies named Lateena in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 13
- total births
- 1980–1981
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
13 girls have been named Lateena since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Lateena has 13 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1981.
- 13 total births
- 1980–1981 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
13 girls have been named Lateena since 1980, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1981.
- 13
- total births
- 1980–1981
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade
100% of everyone ever named Lateena was born in this single decade.
1981
Single peak year
8 babies were named Lateena in 1981 - its busiest year on record.
Lateena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lateena's full recorded timeline at 1981, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lateena at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
1981
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1980
Lateena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1981
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Lateena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Lateena's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Lateena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Lateena? ▼
Since 1980, Social Security records show 13 babies named Lateena. The most recent recorded year was 1981. Its busiest year on record was 1981, with 8 births.
When was Lateena most popular? ▼
Lateena was most popular in the 1980s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Lateena been used? ▼
Records for Lateena go back to 1980, giving 2 years of history through 1981.
What names are similar to Lateena? ▼
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 Lateena
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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, 1980–1981 (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. "Lateena: Baby Name Since 1980 - 13 Births, Peak 1981." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/lateena. 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 Lateena 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.