# Latasha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/latasha/  
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 | 30,325 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 114 / 30,211 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 74, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

La- + Tasha

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 46 | 3,486 |
| 2007 | 42 | 3,824 |
| 2008 | 25 | 5,666 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6,448 |
| 2010 | 26 | 5,340 |
| 2011 | 11 | 10,111 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,906 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,536 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,888 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,861 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,171 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15,135 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,048 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,888 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,653 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 12 | 3,055 |
| 1975 | 8 | 4,154 |
| 1978 | 9 | 4,034 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,714 |
| 1980 | 10 | 4,009 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,245 |
| 1982 | 12 | 3,609 |
| 1983 | 11 | 3,770 |
| 1984 | 7 | 5,315 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,603 |
| 1988 | 9 | 5,040 |
| 1989 | 12 | 4,423 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 14 | 1,296 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1,450 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1,823 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |

## People named Latasha

- LaTasha Colander, American athletics competitor (born 1976)
- LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter
- Latasha Byears, American basketball player (born 1973)

## 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.