Latoya

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1984 · 5,051 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
5 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,563
since 1960

Latoya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #60, 1984girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#11,1228
2023#7,64014
2022#12,2437
2021
2020#7,21215
2019#7,34215
2018#6,79217
2017#6,04420
2016#8,39313
2015#6,03621
2014#5,16326
2013#6,01721
2012#4,83629
2011#4,91528
2010#3,47046
2009#4,19636
2008#4,55033
2007#3,12555
2006#3,01756
2005#3,08151
2004#2,50367
2003#3,34743
2002#2,58260
2001#2,43864
2000#2,27768
1999#1,89383
1998#1,95877
1997#1,475111
1996#1,279135
1995#1,080165
1994#883220
1993#608377
1992#434580
1991#328810
1990#2541,117#7,1786
1989#1901,463#5,6158
1988#1571,810#3,91512
1987#1282,151#3,33914
1986#1112,537#3,88211
1985#813,402#2,59819
1984#605,051#2,61318
1983#903,150#4,9077
1982#913,201#4,5938
1981#694,266#3,22113
1980#1232,506#3,61511
1979#1481,880#5,3556
1978#1352,040#3,8579
1977#1252,321#3,03713
1976#1352,052#2,70915
1975#2051,202#3,6599
1974#263958#4,6346
1973#407488
1972#558296
1971#906145
1970#1,35477
1969#3,01220
1968#4,7799
1967#4,30010
1966#5,8096
1965#5,2897
1964#5,4747
1963#5,8916
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First appearance
1960

The first year at least five girls were named Latoya! It came in at #5,696, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1961–1962, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Latoya
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122#10,917)
  • 3,705 spots since 2020 (#7,212#10,917)
  • 4,881 spots since 2015 (#6,036#10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 448 spots in 1971 (#1,354#906)
  • Biggest drop: 275 spots in 1994 (#608#883)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1960
  • Peaked 1984 at #60 (5,051 births)
  • Births halved by 1987, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 5 yrs · run 1981–1985
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1971–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 333
  • Highest: 1 in 333 girls born in 1984 were named Latoya (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 64.8% of all girls named Latoya (29,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s71#3,012 (1969)#5,031
1970s11,459#125 (1977)#424
1980s29,537#60 (1984)#110
1990s3,675#254 (1990)#1,019
2000s533#2,277 (2000)#3,112
2010s236#3,470 (2010)#5,901
2020s52#7,212 (2020)#9,827

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.

Latoya in 1979

girls
#148
1,880 births · 1 in 854 girls
boys
#5,355
6 births · 1 in 286,923 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #148Latoya1,880

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #5,355Latoya6
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 854 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 98.8% 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).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #145Deanna1,950
  2. #146Cassandra1,945
  3. #147Yolanda1,934
  4. #148Latoya1,880
  5. #149Marie1,877
  6. #150Summer1,861
  7. #151Kari1,852
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,593Breanne#2,125#532
  2. 1,527Loni#2,516#989
  3. 1,287Renata#2,012#725
  4. 985Ashanti#1,862#877
  5. 896Nicolette#1,581#685
Fallers
  1. 392Christel#762#1,154
  2. 312Kenisha#557#869
  3. 297Ariane#887#1,184
  4. 285Imelda#947#1,232
  5. 252Farrah#539#791

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 286,923 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #4,842Zebulah7
  2. #4,842Zeus7
  3. #4,842Zoltan7
  4. #5,355Latoya6
  5. #5,355Aasim6
  6. #5,355Abdallah6
  7. #5,355Abdula6
  8. #6,056Aakash5
  9. #6,056Aarn5
  10. #6,056Aaryn5

Tied with 700 names at #5,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. 1,228Tyrel#2,134#906
  2. 471Jace#1,186#715
  3. 387Chaz#1,371#984
  4. 311Tyrell#1,051#740
  5. 308Frederic#1,203#895
Fallers
  1. 1,230Dequan#927#2,157
  2. 641Rahsaan#869#1,510
  3. 446Chip#989#1,435
  4. 308Rashaun#996#1,304
  5. 307Kenya#749#1,056

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1979