Latifah — #15685 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Latifah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,470 babies named Latifah between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latifah currently holds the #15685 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 300 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Latifah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 947 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Latifah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 172 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Latifah in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Latifah 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 1,470 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.