Girls' name · since 1971
Latessa
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.
- #16,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 282 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latessa has been recorded 282 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2003.
- #16,446 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 282 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latessa ranks #16,446 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 282 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,446 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 282
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latessa's 282 recorded births place it above 77.24% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Latessa's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 39% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 61%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1981 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Latessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2003
- Peak year (1981)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Latessa by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (118 births, 42% of the file).
1980s was Latessa's strongest decade.
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Latessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
95 births
- 1980s
1980s
118 births
- 1990s
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 118 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Latessa's decade-level peak was the 1980s (118 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Latessa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~32 yrs)
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, 1971–2003 (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 Latessa 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.