Girls' name · since 1965
Latrena
261 babies named Latrena in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latrena sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 261 recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latrena has been recorded 261 times among girls since 1965, 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 1965 to 1993.
- #17,180 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 261 born since 1965
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latrena ranks #17,180 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 261 born since 1965, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,180 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 261
- born since 1965
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latrena's 261 recorded births place it above 76.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latrena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latrena splits its recorded history at 1977: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latrena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1993
- Peak year (1973)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Latrena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (149 births, 57% of the file).
1970s was Latrena's strongest decade.
149 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Latrena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 46
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
149 births
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 149 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Latrena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (149 total births); usage has since declined to 15 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 Latrena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1965–1993 (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 Latrena 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.