Latresha — girls' name
464 babies named Latresha in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Latresha was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Latresha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latresha
The Social Security Administration has registered 464 babies named Latresha between 1968 and 1996, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latresha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latresha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Latresha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latresha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latresha 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 464 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.
Latresha at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latresha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1968
- Peak year (1980)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
464 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 35 births in a single year.
Latresha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 207 births that decade — 45% of Latresha's all-time total
Latresha decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 195 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Latresha's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Latresha by state
Where Latresha concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 19 | 4.1% |
19 of 464 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.1% 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, 1968–1996 (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.