Girls' name · since 1963
Latonga
128 babies named Latonga in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
128 girls have been named Latonga since 1963, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Latonga has 128 recorded births among girls since 1963, 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 1963 to 1980.
- #24,416 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1963
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latonga ranks #24,416 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1963, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1963
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latonga's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
Latonga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Latonga's full recorded timeline at 1972, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1963, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Latonga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1980
- Peak year (1973)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Latonga by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (87 births, 68% of the file).
1970s was Latonga's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Latonga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 87 births (68% of all-time use).
Latonga by state
Where Latonga concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
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What to do with Latonga's data
- Latonga's decade-level peak was the 1970s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Latongas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Latonga: 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 (~17 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, 1963–1980 (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 Latonga 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.