Lathan is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Lathan is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,700 for boy births in the United States (and #5,790 across all names), given to 48 babies. Lathan first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2011 (214 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | #2,700 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | #2,202 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | #2,305 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | #1,899 |
| 2021 | 81 | 81 | #1,897 |
| 2020 | 92 | 92 | #1,701 |
| 2019 | 91 | 91 | #1,732 |
| 2018 | 129 | 129 | #1,373 |
| 2017 | 123 | 123 | #1,418 |
| 2016 | 172 | 172 | #1,127 |
| 2015 | 164 | 164 | #1,151 |
| 2014 | 178 | 178 | #1,085 |
| 2013 | 128 | 128 | #1,339 |
| 2012 | 156 | 156 | #1,171 |
| 2011 | 214 | 214 | #933 |
| 2010 | 203 | 203 | #973 |
| 2009 | 174 | 174 | #1,071 |
| 2008 | 138 | 138 | #1,270 |
| 2007 | 135 | 135 | #1,295 |
| 2006 | 114 | 114 | #1,398 |
| 2005 | 111 | 111 | #1,358 |
| 2004 | 108 | 108 | #1,351 |
| 2003 | 115 | 115 | #1,261 |
| 2002 | 95 | 95 | #1,392 |
| 2001 | 65 | 65 | #1,756 |
| 2000 | 66 | 66 | #1,721 |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #1,816 |
| 1998 | 47 | 47 | #2,030 |
| 1997 | 50 | — | #1,873 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | #2,209 |
| 1995 | 30 | — | #2,535 |
| 1994 | 33 | — | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 29 | — | #2,550 |
| 1992 | 29 | — | #2,504 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #2,792 |
| 1990 | 25 | — | #2,665 |
| 1989 | 29 | — | #2,330 |
| 1988 | 18 | — | #3,037 |
| 1987 | 17 | — | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 21 | — | #2,573 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #3,029 |
| 1984 | 17 | — | #2,767 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | #2,626 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #2,386 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | #2,299 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | #3,186 |
| 1979 | 17 | — | #2,726 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #3,315 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #4,024 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #2,768 |
| 1975 | 18 | — | #2,408 |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #2,414 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,323 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #2,930 |
| 1971 | 11 | — | #3,077 |
| 1970 | 15 | — | #2,456 |
| 1969 | 11 | — | #2,788 |
| 1968 | 13 | — | #2,399 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #2,420 |
| 1966 | 9 | — | #2,894 |
| 1965 | 13 | — | #2,324 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #2,493 |
| 1963 | 7 | — | #3,514 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #3,497 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,392 |
| 1960 | 7 | — | #3,516 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #4,310 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | #2,132 |
| 1957 | 13 | — | #2,330 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #2,440 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,356 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,008 |
| 1953 | 11 | — | #2,463 |
| 1952 | 9 | — | #2,792 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,011 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,076 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #2,536 |
| 1948 | 11 | — | #2,388 |
| 1947 | 12 | — | #2,315 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #3,052 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #2,884 |
| 1944 | 7 | — | #2,998 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #3,406 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,826 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,786 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,253 |
| 1939 | 9 | — | #2,541 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,768 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,592 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #3,836 |
| 1934 | 12 | — | #2,190 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | #2,874 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | #3,238 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,781 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,535 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,126 |
| 1928 | 7 | — | #3,553 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,317 |
| 1926 | 11 | — | #2,657 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #4,599 |
| 1924 | 13 | — | #2,414 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,663 |
| 1922 | 13 | — | #2,419 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | #3,723 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | #2,684 |
| 1919 | 7 | — | #3,591 |
| 1918 | 8 | — | #3,258 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,243 |
| 1915 | 7 | — | #3,240 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | #3,529 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,433 |