Latifa
Latifa, Lateefa or Lateefah is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle", "nice" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Latifa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Latifa, Lateefa or Lateefah is a feminine Arabic (لٓطِيفٓة) given name which means "gentle", "nice" or "pleasant". It corresponds to the masculine Latif.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Latifa
The earliest SSA record of Latifa as a baby girl name dates back to 1963, when 6 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 44 newborns named Latifa — #2,640 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Latifa on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Latifa ranks #7,495 for baby girls with 14 births, gradually rising (+13%). All told, over 844 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Latifa
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About the name Latifa
Latifa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 844 births in the dataset. Latifa's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,486. Use the chart and map above to compare Latifa'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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