Latia
Latia is a genus of very small, air-breathing freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Chilinoidea.
Meaning & Origin of Latia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Latia is a genus of very small, air-breathing freshwater snails or limpets, aquatic pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Chilinoidea.
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The Story of Latia
The earliest SSA record of Latia as a baby girl name dates back to 1968, when 5 babies received it. 1987 was its biggest year on record, with 144 newborns named Latia — #1,064 in the national rankings. About 45% of every Latia on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Latia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Latia
Latia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Latia's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #1,064. Use the chart and map above to compare Latia'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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