Latosha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-TOH-sha
- Origin
- Modern
Latosha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Latosha mean?
Modern: variant of Latasha, La- prefix + Tasha
A variant of Latasha, which joins the La- prefix to Tasha, a pet form of Natasha.
Is Latosha a girl's or a boy's name?
Latosha is a girls' name.
How popular is Latosha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1979, with 482 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Latosha in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latosha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 39 | #3,023 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 50 | #2,498 |
| 1993 | 68 | #2,028 |
| 1992 | 102 | #1,527 |
| 1991 | 111 | #1,435 |
| 1990 | 151 | #1,137 |
| 1989 | 194 | #923 |
| 1988 | 197 | #889 |
| 1987 | 198 | #860 |
| 1986 | 244 | #729 |
| 1985 | 254 | #694 |
| 1984 | 289 | #616 |
| 1983 | 251 | #680 |
| 1982 | 325 | #565 |
| 1981 | 380 | #517 |
| 1980 | 407 | #501 |
| 1979 | 482 | #430 |
| 1978 | 435 | #456 |
| 1977 | 410 | #472 |
| 1976 | 354 | #503 |
| 1975 | 336 | #523 |
| 1974 | 296 | #559 |
| 1973 | 254 | #609 |
| 1972 | 158 | #832 |
| 1971 | 116 | #1,041 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,452 |
| 1969 | 36 | #2,102 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Latosha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shayla Alisha Aisha Jamila Samira Summer Yadira Aziza Sabrina Khadija Halima Amira
Names related to Latosha
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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, “Latosha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latosha, updated 20 October 2026.