Latisha
Latisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 221st, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19791,175 births
- Best rank
- #221in 1979
- Since 1948
- 18,406people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,406 girls have been named Latisha in the United States since 1948, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 1,175 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 1,175 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1981, and the 1980s alone account for 41%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Latisha | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 15 | |
| 1950s | 80 | |
| 1960s | 500 | |
| 1970s | 6,643 | |
| 1980s | 7,607 | |
| 1990s | 3,020 | |
| 2000s | 406 | |
| 2010s | 106 | |
| 2020s | 29 |
In 1979, its biggest year
Latisha was the 221st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Latisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Brandiepeak 1982
- Tamishapeak 1974
- Lashanapeak 1979
- Natishapeak 1980
- Lashawndapeak 1978
- Shawntapeak 1977
- Letishapeak 1979
- Lashaundapeak 1979
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.