Latifah
Latifah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 701st, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1990300 births
- Best rank
- #701in 1990
- Since 1974
- 1,470people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,470 girls have been named Latifah in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 300 births.
The name has all but left use: 5 births in 2024, against 300 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 64%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Latifah was the 701st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Latifah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Shaniquapeak 1991
- Ieshapeak 1991
- Kirstiepeak 1991
- Shanequapeak 1991
- Martikapeak 1990
- Shaniquepeak 1992
- Nicollettepeak 1991
- Kadijahpeak 1994
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.