Latasha

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #4,271
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1981 · 2,060 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
30,211
since 1959

Latasha over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Latasha has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #139, 1981girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022#15,3065
2021
2020#12,1427
2019
2018#15,6825
2017#14,1246
2016#8,87512
2015#9,48111
2014#9,51711
2013#11,0009
2012#10,42910
2011#9,72311
2010#5,24726
2009#6,31721
2008#5,57425
2007#3,78642
2006#3,46946
2005#4,26732
2004#3,18048
2003#2,80055
2002#2,70956
2001#2,30469
2000#2,17473
1999#1,71994
1998#1,472116
1997#1,298134
1996#1,056175
1995#808245
1994#708294
1993#598390
1992#462533
1991#436583
1990#358741
1989#282954#4,27112
1988#2431,086#4,7869
1987#2231,202#6,0896
1986#2201,203
1985#2001,323
1984#1751,560#4,9737
1983#1661,665#3,63011
1982#1531,923#3,48212
1981#1392,060#4,9617
1980#1412,059#3,83810
1979#1661,688#3,56911
1978#1851,395#3,8579
1977#1701,597
1976#1851,384
1975#1971,243#3,9418
1974#2121,196#2,94612
1973#256982
1972#327715
1971#444469
1970#722208
1969#852149
1968#1,51956
1967#1,59850
1966#1,73642
1965#2,11031
1964#2,75221
1963#2,42425
1962#4,26310
1961#3,46014
1960#5,1687
1959#4,3009
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five girls were named Latasha! It came in at #4,300, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2018–2019, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 667 spots in 1969 (#1,519#852)
  • Biggest drop: 248 spots in 1996 (#808#1,056)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 1981 at #139 (2,060 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1969–1995
Share of babies · girls
1 in 806
  • Highest: 1 in 806 girls born in 1980 were named Latasha (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #139 in 1981, was only 1 in 810 (0.12%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 49.8% of all girls named Latasha (15,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s9#4,300 (1959)#4,300
1960s405#852 (1969)#2,588
1970s10,877#166 (1979)#286
1980s15,035#139 (1981)#194
1990s3,305#358 (1990)#892
2000s467#2,174 (2000)#3,658
2010s101#5,247 (2010)#10,453
2020s12#12,142 (2020)#13,724

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Latasha in 1989

girls
#282
954 births · 1 in 1,932 girls
boys
#4,271
12 births · 1 in 166,744 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #282Latasha954

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #4,271Latasha12
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 1,932 of them was named Latasha, which outranked 98.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latasha
  1. #279Karla966
  2. #280Carissa962
  3. #281Kelley957
  4. #282Latasha954
  5. #282Adrianna954
  6. #284Brianne943
  7. #285Hayley932
  8. #286Christin926

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 166,744 of them was named Latasha, which outranked 53.7% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latasha
  1. #4,017Wynn13
  2. #4,017Zan13
  3. #4,017Zebulun13
  4. #4,271Latasha12
  5. #4,271Adair12
  6. #4,271Aeron12
  7. #4,271Ahron12
  8. #4,527Aaren11
  9. #4,527Abbas11
  10. #4,527Abdon11

Tied with 255 names at #4,271; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989