Boys' name · since 1973
Latron
Latron has 358 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 358
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latron sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 358 recorded since 1973.
Latron has 358 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2015.
- #9,635 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 358 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latron ranks #9,635 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 358 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,635 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 358
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latron's 358 recorded births place it above 78.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Latron's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1980 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Latron popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2015
- Peak year (1980)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Latron by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (113 births, 32% of the file).
1980s was Latron's strongest decade.
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Latron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
113 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 113 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Latron's decade-level peak was the 1980s (113 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2010s -- 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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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, 1973–2015 (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 Latron 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.