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.

#51,060 of 72,339
all-time among girls
13
born since 1980
1980s
peak 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.

  • #51,060 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 13 born since 1980
  • 1980s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lateena ranks #51,060 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.

#51,060 of 72,339
all-time among girls
13
born since 1980
1980s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Lateena's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% 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.

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 popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1981

Last recorded 1981
Peak year (1981)
8
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
456789 19801981 8

Lateena by decade

1980s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 13 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 Lateena?
Since 1980, Social Security records show 13 babies named Lateena. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #51,060 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 1981. Its busiest year on record was 1981, with 8 births.
Where does Lateena sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lateena ranks #51,060 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 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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Lateena: 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, 1980–1981 (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 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 August 2026.