# Latisha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/latisha/  
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 | Lateisha |
| US babies named this | 18,444 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 38 / 18,406 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 529, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 19 | 6,958 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,812 |
| 2011 | 21 | 6,256 |
| 2012 | 13 | 8,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,002 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,511 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,719 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15,411 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,215 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,530 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,949 |
| 2020 | 6 | 14,381 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,927 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,858 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,875 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 6 | 5,539 |
| 1978 | 6 | 5,480 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,612 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,356 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,604 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,028 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 35 | 802 |
| 2006 | 33 | 890 |
| 2007 | 24 | 1,160 |
| 2008 | 26 | 1,135 |
| 2009 | 18 | 1,526 |
| 2010 | 17 | 1,653 |
| 2011 | 15 | 1,807 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## 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.