Latham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAY-thum
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Latham is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “at the barns”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Latham mean?
English: English surname from northern place names, from Old Norse hlaða 'barn'
“at the barns”
Is Latham a girl's or a boy's name?
Latham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Latham in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Latham in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
How popular is Latham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Latham, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Latham in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Latham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Latham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latham, updated 20 October 2026.