Lathen
Lathen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the location of the Emsland Transrapid Test facility, a testing site for Transrapid maglev trains.
Meaning & Origin of Lathen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lathen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the location of the Emsland Transrapid Test facility, a testing site for Transrapid maglev trains.
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The Story of Lathen
Lathen first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1992, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 43 Lathens were born — ranking #2,787 that year. As of 2026, Lathen ranks #6,894 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 438 Lathens have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Lathen
Lathen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 438 births in the dataset. Lathen's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #2,787. Use the chart and map above to compare Lathen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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