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Latesha

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Latesha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 843rd, in 1980.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
1980185 births
Best rank
#843in 1980
Since 1966
3,110people given the name
Babies named Latesha, by year of birthgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

3,110 girls have been named Latesha in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 185 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 185 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 42%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Latesha
1960s30
1970s934
1980s1,315
1990s752
2000s79

In 1980, its biggest year

Latesha was the 843rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.

Names that rose and fell with Latesha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.