first name
LATASHA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,706 people named Latasha, 83.6% reported their origin as Black, 8.9% as White and 3.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Latasha peaked in 1980, when 2,069 babies got the name.
At least 30,325 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Latasha by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #365. The largest share of babies named Latasha, 52.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Latasha is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Latasha has been most common in Mississippi (3.4×), Louisiana (3×), and District of Columbia (2.7×), and least common in Minnesota (0.13×).
28,623 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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