Recorded 1967–1993 Girls' name Peak 1986 88 births

Latese — girls' name

88 babies named Latese in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s61970s301980s351990s17
1980s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Latese was born in this single decade.

1986
Single peak year

10 babies were named Latese in 1986 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Latese

The Social Security Administration has registered 88 babies named Latese between 1967 and 1993, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latese currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Latese performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Latese shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Latese 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 88 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.

Latese at a glance

Last recorded 1993

Total births

88

Since 1967

27 years of records

Peak year

1986

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1993

Active since

1967

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 1993

Latese popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1967

Last recorded 1993
Peak year (1986)
10
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4681012 19931990198619841982197619711967 6

Latese by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
35 births that decade — 40% of Latese's all-time total
1960s61970s301980s351990s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Latese?
88 babies have been named Latese since 1967. It was last recorded in 1993. The peak year was 1986 with 10 births.
When was Latese most popular?
Latese was most popular in the 1980s decade with 35 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
How long has the name Latese been used?
Latese has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 27 years of data through 1993.
What names are similar to Latese?
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.

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, 1967–1993 (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.