Latorsha — girls' name
84 babies named Latorsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
94% of everyone ever named Latorsha was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Latorsha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latorsha
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Latorsha between 1971 and 1981, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latorsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latorsha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Latorsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latorsha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latorsha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 84 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Latorsha at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latorsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
84 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 12 births in a single year.
Latorsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 79 births that decade — 94% of Latorsha's all-time total
Latorsha decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Latorsha's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 94% of all-time use.
Latorsha by state
Where Latorsha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 13.1% |
11 of 84 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 13.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 13.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.