Latham — #5464 US boys' name
581 babies named Latham in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Latham was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Latham in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latham
The Social Security Administration has registered 581 babies named Latham between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Latham currently holds the #5464 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latham performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 201 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Latham 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 Latham in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latham 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 581 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.
Latham at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latham popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (2015)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #5464 among boys.
581 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 29 births in a single year.
Latham by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 201 births that decade — 35% of Latham's all-time total
Latham decade highlights
- Peak decade 201 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Latham's strongest decade
201 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Latham by state
Where Latham concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 581 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.9% 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, 1917–2024 (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.