Latonya
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 1,290 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,757since 1951
Latonya over time
Rank among girls' names. Latonya has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,092 | 18 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,898 | 36 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,209 | 29 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,121 | 44 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,640 | 53 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,391 | 55 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,994 | 70 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,802 | 79 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,104 | 163 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,126 | 157 | — | |
| 1991 | #981 | 191 | — | |
| 1990 | #799 | 251 | — | |
| 1989 | #699 | 284 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #652 | 297 | — | |
| 1987 | #581 | 341 | — | |
| 1986 | #505 | 414 | — | |
| 1985 | #448 | 489 | — | |
| 1984 | #360 | 644 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #355 | 638 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #331 | 731 | — | |
| 1981 | #250 | 993 | — | |
| 1980 | #276 | 900 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #261 | 931 | — | |
| 1978 | #253 | 936 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #250 | 987 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #223 | 1,086 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #202 | 1,208 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #197 | 1,290 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #213 | 1,195 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #232 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1971 | #258 | 1,141 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #302 | 941 | — | |
| 1969 | #325 | 772 | — | |
| 1968 | #366 | 610 | — | |
| 1967 | #400 | 521 | — | |
| 1966 | #482 | 372 | — | |
| 1965 | #532 | 319 | — | |
| 1964 | #614 | 266 | — | |
| 1963 | #711 | 206 | — | |
| 1962 | #802 | 170 | — | |
| 1961 | #993 | 119 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,181 | 85 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,383 | 60 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,005 | 29 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Latonya! It came in at #5,414, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Latonya is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#44 · 1 in 202
- Alabama#56 · 1 in 249
- South Carolina#73 · 1 in 314
- Arkansas#91 · 1 in 418
- North Carolina#92 · 1 in 427
Best ever in a state: #42 in Mississippi, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #44 | 77 | 1 in 202 |
| Alabama | #56 | 92 | 1 in 249 |
| South Carolina | #73 | 55 | 1 in 314 |
| Arkansas | #91 | 31 | 1 in 418 |
| North Carolina | #92 | 77 | 1 in 427 |
| Georgia | #96 | 76 | 1 in 442 |
| District of Columbia | #130 | 11 | 1 in 505 |
| Louisiana | #146 | 43 | 1 in 680 |
| Tennessee | #151 | 40 | 1 in 712 |
| Virginia | #181 | 31 | 1 in 941 |
| Florida | #211 | 40 | 1 in 1,172 |
| Illinois | #219 | 57 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Maryland | #228 | 15 | 1 in 1,298 |
| Kentucky | #242 | 17 | 1 in 1,440 |
| Michigan | #259 | 36 | 1 in 1,655 |
| Texas | #294 | 69 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Missouri | #297 | 16 | 1 in 2,018 |
| Oklahoma | #363 | 8 | 1 in 2,314 |
| Ohio | #374 | 24 | 1 in 3,004 |
| Indiana | #406 | 11 | 1 in 3,294 |
| New Jersey | #448 | 12 | 1 in 3,099 |
| New York | #494 | 29 | 1 in 3,411 |
| Wisconsin | #498 | 6 | 1 in 5,099 |
| Pennsylvania | #669 | 10 | 1 in 6,841 |
| California | #784 | 25 | 1 in 6,533 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Latonya
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 191 spots in 1962 (#993 → #802)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1991 (#799 → #981)
- Debuted 1951
- Peaked 1974 at #197 (1,290 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1961–1991
- Highest: 1 in 1,138 girls born in 1974 were named Latonya (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 50.1% of all girls named Latonya (10,911) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 193 | #1,383 (1959) | #3,407 |
| 1960s | 3,440 | #325 (1969) | #641 |
| 1970s | 10,911 | #197 (1974) | #239 |
| 1980s | 5,731 | #250 (1981) | #446 |
| 1990s | 1,149 | #799 (1990) | #1,766 |
| 2000s | 250 | #3,121 (2000) | #5,656 |
| 2010s | 78 | #6,904 (2010) | #12,960 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Latonya in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,724 of them was named Latonya, which outranked 97.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.