Girls' name · since 1962
Latonda
252 babies named Latonda in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
252 girls have been named Latonda since 1962, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latonda has been recorded 252 times among girls since 1962, 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 1962 to 1990.
- #17,524 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 252 born since 1962
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latonda ranks #17,524 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 252 born since 1962, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1962
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latonda's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latonda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Latonda's full recorded timeline at 1976, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Latonda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1990
- Peak year (1973)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Latonda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (127 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Latonda's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Latonda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
127 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 127 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Latonda's data
- Latonda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 6 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 Latonda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1962–1990 (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 Latonda 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.