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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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.

Where Latoya is popular in 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNHWashington: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,098 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #526 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,593 girlsMNIllinois: #66 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 328 girlsILWisconsin: #161 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 924 girlsWIMichigan: #69 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 363 girlsMINew York: #65 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 347 girlsNYMassachusetts: #195 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,173 girlsMARhode Island: #116 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 592 girlsRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedORNevada: #135 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 563 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedIAIndiana: #154 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 914 girlsINOhio: #114 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 604 girlsOHPennsylvania: #107 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 581 girlsPANew Jersey: #68 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 335 girlsNJConnecticut: #118 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 545 girlsCTCalifornia: #224 for girls · 159 births · 1 in 1,181 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedUTColorado: #377 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,423 girlsCONebraska: #240 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,474 girlsNEMissouri: #108 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 591 girlsMOKentucky: #208 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,251 girlsKYWest Virginia: #303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,141 girlsWVVirginia: #48 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 230 girlsVAMaryland: #58 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 285 girlsMDDelaware: #43 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 182 girlsDEArizona: #414 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,548 girlsAZNew Mexico: #364 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,890 girlsNMKansas: #237 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,413 girlsKSArkansas: #56 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 254 girlsARTennessee: #72 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 328 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #39 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 186 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #27 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 142 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #27 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 124 girlsDCOklahoma: #136 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 704 girlsOKLouisiana: #44 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 215 girlsLAMississippi: #21 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 120 girlsMSAlabama: #47 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 231 girlsALGeorgia: #50 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 236 girlsGAHawaii: #168 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 673 girlsHITexas: #109 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 617 girlsTXFlorida: #56 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 282 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#21 · 1 in 120
  2. District of Columbia#27 · 1 in 124
  3. South Carolina#27 · 1 in 142
  4. North Carolina#39 · 1 in 186
  5. Delaware#43 · 1 in 182

Best ever in a state: #9 in Mississippi, 1981.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#211271 in 120
District of Columbia#27461 in 124
South Carolina#271251 in 142
North Carolina#391791 in 186
Delaware#43161 in 182
Louisiana#441431 in 215
Alabama#47941 in 231
Virginia#481341 in 230
Georgia#501491 in 236
Arkansas#56511 in 254
Florida#562091 in 282
Maryland#58791 in 285
New York#652961 in 347
Illinois#662221 in 328
New Jersey#681141 in 335
Michigan#691521 in 363
Tennessee#72841 in 328
Pennsylvania#1071171 in 581
Missouri#108541 in 591
Texas#1092081 in 617
Ohio#1141141 in 604
Rhode Island#11681 in 592
Connecticut#118291 in 545
Nevada#13581 in 563
Oklahoma#136311 in 704
Indiana#154371 in 914
Wisconsin#161331 in 924
Hawaii#16881 in 673
Massachusetts#195281 in 1,173
Kentucky#208181 in 1,251
California#2241591 in 1,181
Kansas#237111 in 1,413
Nebraska#24071 in 1,474
West Virginia#30351 in 2,141
Washington#331131 in 2,098
New Mexico#36451 in 1,890
Colorado#37791 in 2,423
Arizona#41481 in 2,548
Minnesota#52651 in 5,593
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Idaho
Iowa
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North Dakota
Oregon
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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 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 1983

girls
#90
3,150 births · 1 in 530 girls
boys
#4,907
7 births · 1 in 256,081 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #90Latoya3,150

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #4,907Latoya7
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 530 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 99.3% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #87Misty3,189
  2. #88Sandra3,175
  3. #89Tracy3,158
  4. #90Latoya3,150
  5. #91Pamela3,029
  6. #92Margaret2,944
  7. #93Nichole2,926
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 6,772Ciji#7,469#697
  2. 6,751Kirby#7,469#718
  3. 2,656Dwan#3,530#874
  4. 1,888Mallory#2,220#332
  5. 987Marquita#1,099#112
Fallers
  1. 656Syreeta#717#1,373
  2. 572Jenilee#817#1,389
  3. 538Tenika#947#1,485
  4. 396Toccara#541#937
  5. 333Venus#950#1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 256,081 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 33.2% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #4,499Zebulin8
  2. #4,499Zedrick8
  3. #4,499Zenaido8
  4. #4,907Latoya7
  5. #4,907Aamir7
  6. #4,907Aaren7
  7. #4,907Aaric7
  8. #5,484Aakash6
  9. #5,484Aarik6
  10. #5,484Aarin6

Tied with 576 names at #4,907; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983