Latina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Latina

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,049 babies named Latina between 1950 and 2011, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Latina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 810 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Latina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 162 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Latina in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Latina 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 2,049 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.