Latessa — girls' name
282 babies named Latessa in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
42% of everyone ever named Latessa was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Latessa in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latessa
The Social Security Administration has registered 282 babies named Latessa between 1971 and 2003, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latessa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Latessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latessa 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 282 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.
Latessa at a glance
Last recorded 2003Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1971
- Peak year (1981)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2003.
282 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 23 births in a single year.
Latessa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 118 births that decade — 42% of Latessa's all-time total
Latessa decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 95 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Latessa's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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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, 1971–2003 (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.