Girls' name · since 1956
Latona
Since 1956, U.S. Social Security records show 345 babies named Latona, peaking in 1971. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 345
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latona is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 345 have been recorded since 1956.
Latona has 345 recorded births among girls since 1956, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1991.
- #14,754 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 345 born since 1956
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latona ranks #14,754 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 345 born since 1956, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,754 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 345
- born since 1956
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latona's 345 recorded births place it above 79.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latona's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latona splits its recorded history at 1974: 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 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1971 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latona popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1991
- Peak year (1971)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Latona by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (140 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Latona's strongest decade.
140 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Latona births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s
1960s
77 births
- 1970s
1970s
140 births
- 1980s
1980s
94 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 140 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Latona's decade-level peak was the 1970s (140 total births); usage has since declined to 12 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 Latona: 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 (~35 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, 1956–1991 (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 Latona 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.