Letasha — girls' name
285 babies named Letasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
285 girls have been named Letasha since 1972, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 285
- total births
- 1972–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 58%
- born in that decade
58% of everyone ever named Letasha was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Letasha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Letasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Letasha between 1972 and 1991, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Letasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 27 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Letasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Letasha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Letasha 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 285 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.
Letasha at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Letasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1972
- Peak year (1980)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
285 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 27 births in a single year.
Letasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 166 births that decade — 58% of Letasha's all-time total
Letasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 166 births
- Runner-up 97 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Letasha's strongest decade
166 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–1991 (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.