Girls' name · peaked in 1979
Latisha name popularity since 1925
18,444 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Latisha. Half of them were born in 1981 or earlier, so the typical Latisha is about 45 years old in 2026. Latisha peaked in 1979 as the #221 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,444
- Named Latisha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Latisha in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 18,406 girls · 38 boys
- Most popular in
- North Carolina
- 2.19× its national share
Peak year is the year Latisha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Latisha births per year, 1925–2025
1979 was the biggest year for Latisha both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1969 and 1974, Latisha became 5.3× more common, from 1 in 11,900 baby girls to 1 in 2,240.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 75%, from 1 in 3,890 to 1 in 15,800.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Latisha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Latisha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Latisha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 15 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 80 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 500 | 0 | #1,821 |
| 1970s | 6,643 | 17 | #329 |
| 1980s | 7,607 | 21 | #316 |
| 1990s | 3,020 | 0 | #835 |
| 2000s | 406 | 0 | #3,689 |
| 2010s | 106 | 0 | #8,719 |
| 2020–25 | 29 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.0% of babies named Latisha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Latisha is most popular
The index compares Latisha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Latisha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 2.19× | 1,034 |
| Mississippi | 2.10× | 424 |
| Louisiana | 1.93× | 578 |
| South Carolina | 1.85× | 431 |
| Virginia | 1.67× | 627 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Latisha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Latisha (this page) | 18,406 | 1979 |
| Latasha | 30,211 | 1980 |
| Latosha | 6,442 | 1979 |
| Latesha | 3,110 | 1980 |
| Lateisha | 1,019 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Latisha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Latisha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Latisha (1979).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data