Latifah
Latifah was the 14160th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 701st with 300 babies. More babies were named Latifah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,160 girls, down 2,487 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990300 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,476babies recorded
Latifah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,160 | 6 |
| 2020 | #11,673 | 8 |
| 2010 | #14,325 | 7 |
| 2000 | #4,904 | 24 |
| 1990 | #701 | 300 |
| 1980 | #3,270 | 26 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1910 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Latifah, counting every spelling?
Latifah is a spelling of Latifa, a name family that had 19 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 19 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latifa | 13 | #8,133 | 58 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Latifah?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Latifah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Latifah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Latifah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Latifah?
About 1,400 people born in the US named Latifah are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 33 and 36. That makes Latifah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Latifah by state
How common Latifah was among girls born in each state in 1988–1992, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (5.2×), North Carolina (4.1×), New Jersey (3.2×), Pennsylvania (3.1×), Virginia (1.9×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Latifah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Latifah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Latifah
How popular is the name Latifah?
Latifah was the 14160th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 701st with 300 babies. More babies were named Latifah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Latifah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Latifah in the US.
Where was Latifah most popular?
In 1988–1992, Latifah was most common in South Carolina (0.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Delaware.