Lathen — #11377 US boys' name
416 babies named Lathen in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 20% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Lathen was born in this single decade.
43 babies were named Lathen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lathen
The Social Security Administration has registered 416 babies named Lathen between 1992 and 2024, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lathen currently holds the #11377 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 43 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lathen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lathen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lathen in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lathen 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 416 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.
Lathen at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Lathen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1992
- Peak year (2010)
- 43
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
Currently ranks #11377 among boys.
416 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 43 births in a single year.
Lathen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 178 births that decade — 43% of Lathen's all-time total
Lathen decade highlights
- Peak decade 178 births
- Runner-up 153 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Lathen's strongest decade
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Lathen by state
Where Lathen concentrates geographically — total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 2.4% |
10 of 416 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.4% 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, 1992–2024 (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.