Girls' name · since 1974
Latiesha
Latiesha has 308 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latiesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 308 have been recorded since 1974.
Latiesha has 308 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1996.
- #15,682 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 308 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latiesha ranks #15,682 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 308 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 308
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latiesha's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Latiesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latiesha splits its recorded history at 1985: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latiesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1996
- Peak year (1984)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Latiesha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (158 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Latiesha's strongest decade.
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Latiesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
65 births
- 1980s
1980s
158 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 158 births (51% of all-time use).
Latiesha by state
Where Latiesha concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
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- Latiesha's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (158 total births) through the 1990s (85) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Illinois records the most Latieshas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Latiesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1974–1996 (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 Latiesha 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.