Latrell
Masculine
Latrell is given to both — 3,839 boys and 541 girls since 1880. See Latrell as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Latrell is a two-syllable name with the soft La- at its front and a crisp -trell at its end, given mostly to boys and to a real minority of girls. It has a strong, clean sound.
How old is the name Latrell?
Latrell first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Latrell alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 3,800 people named Latrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Latrell most popular?
Latrell peaked in 1999, reaching #636 nationally. Today it ranks #3583, 2,947 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Latrell
La- gave American parents a light opening, and -ell a firm close, and Latrell joins them around a crisp tr. It sounds a little like Terrell and a little like the French, and it is entirely an American name. Its meaning is the one the family gives it, and its sound does the rest.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source records a meaning for Latrell. It joins La- to a -trell ending that echoes Terrell, and no record says who first built it.
Pronouncing Latrell
luh-TREL
Stress on the second syllable.
Nicknames for Latrell
Limited
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
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 1999278 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #636reached in 1999
- Change vs 2024
- −3.1%31 in 2025, from 32
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.
Latrell in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, Ohio, Florida.
Latrells among us
people named Latrell are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 55,099 born in 2025 was named Latrell
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Heriberto test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Latrell's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Heriberto climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Heriberto's path sketches the road Latrell is walking now.
Latrell sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Latrell is headed
Latrell is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Latrell beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Latrell in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a crisp, confident sound.
- Trell is a ready short form.
- People may think of the basketball player Latrell Sprewell.
- Most children given it are boys; a girl named Latrell may be taken for a boy on paper.
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Frequently asked
- How many Latrells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,800 people named Latrell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Latrell in 2025?
- Latrell ranks #3583 among US boy names in 2025, with 31 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Latrell?
- About 1 in every 55,099 US boys born in 2025 was named Latrell — 31 in all.
- Will my child share the name Latrell with classmates?
- Latrell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Latrell
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