Latanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-TAHN-yuh
- Origin
- Modern
Latanya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Latanya mean?
Modern: La- prefix plus Tanya
Built on Tanya, a Russian short form of Tatiana, with the La- prefix.
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Is Latanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Latanya is a girls' name.
How popular is Latanya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1972, with 520 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Latanya in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 36 | #3,147 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 66 | #2,054 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,564 |
| 1989 | 83 | #1,647 |
| 1988 | 102 | #1,383 |
| 1987 | 134 | #1,115 |
| 1986 | 133 | #1,110 |
| 1985 | 163 | #950 |
| 1984 | 176 | #866 |
| 1983 | 204 | #783 |
| 1982 | 239 | #724 |
| 1981 | 322 | #573 |
| 1980 | 371 | #520 |
| 1979 | 390 | #508 |
| 1978 | 424 | #463 |
| 1977 | 429 | #460 |
| 1976 | 465 | #429 |
| 1975 | 519 | #393 |
| 1974 | 497 | #406 |
| 1973 | 491 | #406 |
| 1972 | 520 | #394 |
| 1971 | 490 | #426 |
| 1970 | 430 | #473 |
| 1969 | 349 | #524 |
| 1968 | 314 | #543 |
| 1967 | 227 | #635 |
| 1966 | 213 | #662 |
| 1965 | 227 | #649 |
| 1964 | 188 | #759 |
| 1963 | 162 | #814 |
| 1962 | 169 | #804 |
| 1961 | 146 | #888 |
| 1960 | 126 | #949 |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,046 |
| 1958 | 103 | #1,027 |
| 1957 | 86 | #1,134 |
| 1956 | 74 | #1,209 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,228 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 12 | #3,200 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
Names like Latanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sabrina, Alisha, Aisha, Melissa, Rebecca, Angela, Shayla, Christina, Maria, Lisa, Summer, Leanna
Names related to Latanya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Latanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latanya, updated 20 October 2026.