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The first name Latosha

A girl’s name.

3 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Latosha at birth, 1880–2025

In 2012, 5 girls born in the United States were named Latosha, the 18,381st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1979, when 482 were.

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6,442
babies named Latosha since 1880
#18,381
rank in 2012
1979
peak year

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.

Questions

Is Latosha a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 6,442 US babies named Latosha since 1880 were girls.
When was Latosha most popular?
1979 in the United States, when 482 babies were named Latosha, its highest rank at 430th.