Recorded 2002–2019 Boys' name Peak 2009 78 births

Lathyn — boys' name

78 babies named Lathyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s262010s52
2010s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Lathyn was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

10 babies were named Lathyn in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Lathyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 78 babies named Lathyn between 2002 and 2019, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lathyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lathyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Lathyn shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lathyn 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 78 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.

Lathyn at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

78

Since 2002

18 years of records

Peak year

2009

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

2002

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 2019

Lathyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2002

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
10
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4681012 20192016201520142013201120102009200820062002 5

Lathyn by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
52 births that decade — 67% of Lathyn's all-time total
2000s262010s52

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Lathyn?
78 babies have been named Lathyn since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 10 births.
When was Lathyn most popular?
Lathyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 52 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Lathyn been used?
Lathyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 18 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Lathyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Lathan, Latrell, Lateef, Latroy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2002–2019 (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.