How Many People Are Named Latessa?
An estimated 264 people in the United States have the first name Latessa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 42 years old, and Latessa peaked in popularity in 1981 with 23 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Latessa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Latessa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
264
About 1 in 1,298,312 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
42
years old
Peak Year
1981
23 births
Total Registered
282
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Latessa
Latessa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 282 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Latessa as a female name
Ranked #17,219 in 2003
5 female births in 2003
Peak: 1981 (23 births)
Latessa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Latessa span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 118 babies were registered. Latessa has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Latessa by Decade
How has Latessa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Latessa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Latessa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Latessa
Other first names starting with L with a similar number of bearers.
Latessa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Latessa?
We estimate approximately 264 people named Latessa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,298,312 Americans share this first name.
Is Latessa a common name?
Latessa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 77.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 282 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Latessa most popular?
Latessa reached peak popularity in 1981, when 23 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Latessa is approximately 42 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Latessa a female name?
Latessa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Latessa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Latessa Smith, Latessa Johnson, Latessa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me