Latifa — #8507 US girls' name
817 babies named Latifa in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Latifa was born in this single decade.
44 babies were named Latifa in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latifa
The Social Security Administration has registered 817 babies named Latifa between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latifa currently holds the #8507 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 44 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latifa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Latifa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 128 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Latifa in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latifa 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 817 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.
Latifa at a glance
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Current rank
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Latifa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1963
- Peak year (1990)
- 44
- Annual births at peak — across 62 years of records
Currently ranks #8507 among girls.
817 total births across 62 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 44 births in a single year.
Latifa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 207 births that decade — 25% of Latifa's all-time total
Latifa decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Latifa's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Latifa by state
Where Latifa concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 128 | 15.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 45 | 5.5% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 44 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
128 of 817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 5.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.7% 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, 1963–2024 (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.