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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Latanya

Latanya was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 394th with 520 babies. More babies were named Latanya in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1972520 babies
Total since 1880
9,873babies recorded

Latanya popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 23 since 1969.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#11,8099
2000#7,39414
1990#1,57297
1980#521371
1970#474430
1960#951126
1950#2,97613
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Latanya, counting every spelling?

Latanya has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Latanya?

About 9,100 people born in the US named Latanya are alive today, with a median age of 52; half are between 46 and 57. That makes Latanya mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Latanya by state

How common Latanya was among girls born in each state in 1970–1974, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in District of Columbia (5.1×), Maryland (2.8×), Illinois (2.6×), Alabama (2.4×), Mississippi (2.3×). In 24 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesWI0.10Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.80 per 1,000 babiesIL0.80Michigan: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesMI0.49New York: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesNY0.25Massachusetts: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMA0.03Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesIN0.33Ohio: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesOH0.23Pennsylvania: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesPA0.31New Jersey: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.29Connecticut: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesCT0.27Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.39 per 1,000 babiesCA0.39Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.41 per 1,000 babiesMO0.41Kentucky: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesKY0.24West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesVA0.52Maryland: 0.86 per 1,000 babiesMD0.86Delaware: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesDE0.38Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesAR0.27Tennessee: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesTN0.21North Carolina: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesNC0.38South Carolina: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesSC0.38District of Columbia: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesDC1.6Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.69 per 1,000 babiesLA0.69Mississippi: 0.70 per 1,000 babiesMS0.70Alabama: 0.74 per 1,000 babiesAL0.74Georgia: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesGA0.38Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesTX0.26Florida: 0.55 per 1,000 babiesFL0.55
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Latanya, girls, 1970–1974. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Latanya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Latanya, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Latanya

How popular is the name Latanya?

Latanya was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1972, when it ranked 394th with 520 babies. More babies were named Latanya in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Latanya a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Latanya in the US.

Where was Latanya most popular?

In 1970–1974, Latanya was most common in District of Columbia (1.59 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Illinois.