Girls' name · since 1971
Latysha
124 babies named Latysha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latysha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 124 recorded since 1971.
Social Security Administration records show Latysha recorded 124 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1992.
- #24,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 124 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latysha ranks #24,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 124 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Latysha's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latysha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Latysha's full recorded timeline at 1980, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Latysha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1992
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Latysha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (60 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Latysha's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Latysha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 60 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Latysha's decade-level peak was the 1970s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 14 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 Latysha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1971–1992 (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 Latysha 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.