Lathan

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning from the farmstead; a variant of Latham.

Babies a year
122
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5137
3 babies

Lathan by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lathan. In the US, 122 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 214 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lathan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lathamfrom the barn or farmstead21 in the US (2017)
  • Lathen20 in the US (2017)
  • Laythan13 in the US (2017)
  • Laithan9 in the US (2017)
  • Lachlanfrom the land of the lochs159 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Landanlong hill; open grassy hill; a form of Landon54 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lathan

Names that are said the same way as Lathan, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Lathan

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