# Latanya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/latanya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,873 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 9,850 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From La- + Tanya.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14 | 7,394 |
| 2001 | 17 | 6,492 |
| 2002 | 13 | 8,089 |
| 2003 | 19 | 6,198 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10,351 |
| 2005 | 13 | 8,634 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8,518 |
| 2007 | 15 | 8,342 |
| 2008 | 10 | 11,263 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,565 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,809 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,362 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,378 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,651 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,401 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5 | 4,750 |
| 1971 | 7 | 4,195 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,479 |
| 1982 | 5 | 6,941 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |

## People named Latanya

- Tan White, American basketball player (born 1982)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.