boy's name

Lateef

lah-TEEF (Arabic)

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 920

Lateef is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2022 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

  • Peaked in 1977, when 47 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1967.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Lateef Over Time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lateef by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 21
1970s 289
1980s 217
1990s 169
2000s 112
2010s 71
2020s (to 2025) 12

How Popular Is Lateef?

In 2022, Lateef was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

Where Lateef Is Used

Ireland #452 3 in 2001
England & Wales #5,932 3 in 2024
United States #11,369 6 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names That Peaked Alongside Lateef

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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How to Say Lateef

  • Arabic lah-TEEF

Sibling Names for Lateef

Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Lateef — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common Questions About Lateef

How popular is the name Lateef?

In 2022, Lateef was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published figures for the United States.

Is Lateef a girl's or a boy's name?

Lateef is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lateef?

Lateef has 2 syllables.

When was Lateef most popular?

Lateef peaked in 1977, when 47 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.