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Girl name

Latifa

100% girls · 13 born in 2025

Latifa has been given to about 830 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1990, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 810
Median age today36 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Latifa per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1990 · 44
  • Born in 202513
  • All time830
  • England & Wales, 20254

How popular is Latifa?

Its best year was 1990, when 44 babies were given the name, ranking 2674th. The typical living American called Latifa is about 36 years old today.

Names that sound like Latifa

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Latisha0.73
  2. Laila0.69
  3. Lavina0.69
  4. Larissa0.67
  5. Latoya0.64
  6. Layla0.61
  7. Lakisha0.62
  8. Latricia0.62

Middle names for Latifa

Ranked by flow score
  1. Latifa Rose0.85
  2. Latifa June0.84
  3. Latifa Pearl0.84
  4. Latifa Quinn0.84
  5. Latifa Nell0.84
  6. Latifa Wren0.83

Sibling names for Latifa

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dereckbrother · 0.76
  2. Kareembrother · 0.76
  3. Aracelisister · 0.74
  4. Elishaeither · 0.73
  5. Aishasister · 0.72
  6. Aronbrother · 0.72

Where Latifa is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Latifa White0.80
    2. Latifa Reyes0.80
    3. Latifa Nguyen0.80
    4. Latifa Moore0.80
    5. Latifa Hill0.80
    6. Latifa Green0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Latifa

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.