Latrica
Feminine
Latrica is built around the middle of Patricia, the -tric- that Patricia shares with Latricia and with the short form Tricia. It is a crisp name on the page: seven letters, nothing doubled, nothing silent.
How old is the name Latrica?
Latrica first appears in US birth records in 1962 — 63 years ago. The typical Latrica alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 500 people named Latrica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Latrica most popular?
Latrica peaked in 1973, reaching #2171 nationally. See the whole 1973 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Latrica
Latrica comes from the same family table as Patricia and Latricia and takes the shortest seat. Where Patricia keeps the i that softens its c into sh, Latrica lets the ending run straight on to the vowel, -trica, the close of Erica and Africa. Said one way it keeps Patricia's hush, la-TRISH-a; said by its letters it takes Erica's hard c. Either way it holds on to the one syllable everyone in the family shares, tri, and makes the rest its own.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is recorded for Latrica as a name of its own. Its likeliest relatives are Latricia and Patricia, and Patricia is the feminine of the Latin patricius, a member of Rome's patrician class. Latrica can borrow that background only as a neighbor, since no record ties it to Patricia directly.
Pronouncing Latrica
Two readings are natural. Said like Latricia, it is luh-TRISH-uh; read by the letters, a c before a is hard, giving luh-TREE-kuh. No record says which one bearers use, so the family's choice is the right one.
Nicknames for Latrica
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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
- 1962
- Most girls named
- 197336 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2171reached in 1973
- Change vs 1994
- 0.0%7 in 1995, from 7
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.
Latricas among us
people named Latrica are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
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Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Latrica 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
- Short and clean for its family: seven letters, nothing doubled, nothing silent.
- Shares its middle syllable with Patricia and Tricia, names nearly everyone has met.
- Both natural readings sound like real names, so neither will be heard as a mistake.
- Many readers will assume a missing i and write Latricia; others will say it with a k. Correcting both is part of carrying the name.
- With two plausible pronunciations and no settled one, the name needs saying aloud once before strangers can use it. After that, it is simple.
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Frequently asked
- How many Latricas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Latrica are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Latrica in 2025?
- Latrica is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Latrica with classmates?
- Latrica will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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