Recorded 1960–1996 Girls' name Peak 1979 290 births

Latressa — girls' name

290 babies named Latressa in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s381970s1391980s811990s32
1970s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Latressa was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

21 babies were named Latressa in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Latressa

The Social Security Administration has registered 290 babies named Latressa between 1960 and 1996, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latressa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Latressa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 139 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Latressa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latressa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Latressa 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 290 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.

Latressa at a glance

Last recorded 1996

Total births

290

Since 1960

37 years of records

Peak year

1979

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1996

Active since

1960

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 1996

Latressa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1960

Last recorded 1996
Peak year (1979)
21
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
0510152025 19961991198619811977197319691960 5

Latressa by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
139 births that decade — 48% of Latressa's all-time total
1960s381970s1391980s811990s32

Latressa by state

Where Latressa concentrates geographically — total births since 1960

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Latressa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 1.7%
Texas share of Latressa's total US births 1.7%

5 of 290 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Latressa?
290 babies have been named Latressa since 1960. It was last recorded in 1996. The peak year was 1979 with 21 births.
When was Latressa most popular?
Latressa was most popular in the 1970s decade with 139 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Latressa most popular?
The top states for the name Latressa are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Latressa been used?
Latressa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1960, spanning 37 years of data through 1996.
What names are similar to Latressa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Latoya, Latasha, Latonya, Latisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1960–1996 (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.