The first name Latanya
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From La- + Tanya.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Latanya last appeared in the official list in 2007, given to 4 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Latanya with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Latanya at birth, 1880–2025
In 2023, 6 girls born in the United States were named Latanya, the 14,401st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1972, when 520 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Latanya
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tan WhiteAmerican basketball player (born 1982)
Questions
- What does the name Latanya mean?
- From La- + Tanya.
- How popular is the name Latanya?
- In 2007, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Latanya, ranking 4,294th.
- Is Latanya a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 9,873 US babies named Latanya since 1880 were girls.
- When was Latanya most popular?
- 1972 in the United States, when 520 babies were named Latanya, its highest rank at 394th.