Lateesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Lateesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 446 babies named Lateesha between 1972 and 2003, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lateesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lateesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 202 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lateesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lateesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lateesha 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 446 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.