Latrece
Feminine
Latrece looks in Spanish like two words meaning the thirteen, and it was almost certainly not built from them: it belongs to a large family of American names made from a prefix and a free ending. The number itself is feared on different days in different languages.
How old is the name Latrece?
Latrece first appears in US birth records in 1963 — 62 years ago. The typical Latrece alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 700 people named Latrece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Latrece most popular?
Latrece peaked in 1973, reaching #1939 nationally. See the whole 1973 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Latrece
English speakers fear Friday the thirteenth. Spanish and Greek speakers fear Tuesday the thirteenth, and Italians fear Friday the seventeenth instead, because their unlucky number is seventeen — the Roman numeral for it can be rearranged to spell a Latin word meaning I have lived, which is what you write on a tomb. The Spanish proverb warns against marrying, embarking or leaving home on the day, and Tuesday is implicated because it belongs to Mars and therefore to war. Thirteen's own reputation has several proposed sources and no settled one: the number at the Last Supper, a Norse feast with an uninvited thirteenth guest, or simply that it sits awkwardly past twelve, which is the number that divides. Buildings still skip the floor, which means a great many people live on a thirteenth floor labeled fourteen.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The prefix is a free American element and the rest is an ending from the same stock. The Spanish reading is available to anyone who knows the language and there is no evidence any family intended it; the name's pattern matches the built ones around it exactly.
Pronouncing Latrece
luh-TREESE
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The prefix is light and disappears in quick speech, which is why the name is sometimes heard as the ending alone.
Nicknames for Latrece
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1963
- Most girls named
- 197342 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1939reached in 1973
- Change vs 1999
- 0.0%6 in 2007, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Latreces among us
people named Latrece are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Latrece sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Back stress gives the name a firm landing and real carrying power.
- The spelling is phonetic by English rules and can be written from hearing.
- It is uncommon while being built entirely from familiar sounds.
- Latrice, Letrece and Latreece are all recorded and will be written for it.
- Spanish speakers will read a number and may say so.
- Neither element carries a meaning, so the origin question has a short answer.
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- How many Latreces are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Latrece are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Latrece in 2025?
- Latrece is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Latrece will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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