Laterra — girls' name
257 babies named Laterra in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Laterra was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Laterra in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Laterra
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Laterra between 1971 and 2007, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Laterra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Laterra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Laterra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Laterra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Laterra 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 257 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.
Laterra at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Laterra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1971
- Peak year (1993)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
257 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 17 births in a single year.
Laterra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 96 births that decade — 37% of Laterra's all-time total
Laterra decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Laterra's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Laterra by state
Where Laterra concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 257 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2007 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.