Girls' name · since 1953
Latitia
490 babies named Latitia in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 490
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latitia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 490 have been recorded since 1953.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latitia has been recorded 490 times among girls since 1953, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1993.
- #12,003 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 490 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latitia ranks #12,003 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 490 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #12,003 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 490
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latitia's 490 recorded births place it above 83.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latitia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latitia splits its recorded history at 1975: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latitia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1993
- Peak year (1971)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Latitia by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (215 births, 44% of the file).
1970s was Latitia's strongest decade.
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Latitia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 18
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
97 births
- 1970s
1970s
215 births
- 1980s
1980s
128 births
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 215 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Latitia's decade-level peak was the 1970s (215 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Latitia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1953–1993 (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 Latitia 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.