How Many People Are Named Latifah?
people named Latifah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 237,021 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,476 babies named Latifah in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
300 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of LATIF.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Latifah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Latifah alive today is about 33 years old, and 83% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Latifah first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 1990, to 300 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Latifah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #700, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #14,155.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #14,155 |
| Best rank | #700 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,637 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Latifah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Latifah were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 167 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Latifah was given 4.7 times as often in Pennsylvania, 4.4 times in New Jersey and 3.4 times in North Carolina.
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