Girls' name · since 1961
Latonja
684 babies named Latonja in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 684
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
684 girls have been named Latonja since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Latonja has 684 recorded births among girls since 1961, 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 1961 to 1994.
- #9,649 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 684 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latonja ranks #9,649 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 684 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #9,649 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 684
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latonja's 684 recorded births place it above 86.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Latonja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latonja splits its recorded history at 1977: 24% of all births land in the more recent half, 76% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 56 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latonja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1994
- Peak year (1970)
- 56
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Latonja by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (343 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Latonja's strongest decade.
343 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Latonja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
235 births
- 1970s
1970s
343 births
- 1980s 81
1980s
81 births
- 1990s 25
1990s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 343 births (50% of all-time use).
How Latonja compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Latonja's total volume
Latonja by state
Where Latonja concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 39 | 5.7% |
| #2 | Alabama | | 32 | 4.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 30 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 23 | 3.4% |
| #5 | California | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 11 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.7% |
39 of 684 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Latonja appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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- Latonja's decade-level peak was the 1970s (343 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Latonjas (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Latonja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1961–1994 (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 Latonja 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.