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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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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2025#10,9178—
2024#11,1228—
2023#7,64014—
2022#12,2437—
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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
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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 1994

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedWAIdaho: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedMNIllinois: #520 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,535 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #878 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,744 girlsMINew York: #836 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 6,542 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNVWyoming: 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: #761 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,555 girlsINOhio: #913 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,239 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1,022 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,823 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,126 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 26,945 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #626 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,038 girlsVAMaryland: #681 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,052 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedARTennessee: #637 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,870 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #522 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,815 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #381 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,369 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #447 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,491 girlsLAMississippi: #240 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,107 girlsMSAlabama: #375 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,334 girlsALGeorgia: #453 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,135 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,168 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,460 girlsTXFlorida: #494 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,387 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#240 · 1 in 1,107
  2. Alabama#375 · 1 in 2,334
  3. South Carolina#381 · 1 in 2,369
  4. Louisiana#447 · 1 in 2,491
  5. Georgia#453 · 1 in 3,135

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#240111 in 1,107
Alabama#37591 in 2,334
South Carolina#38171 in 2,369
Louisiana#44791 in 2,491
Georgia#453131 in 3,135
Florida#494221 in 3,387
Illinois#520211 in 3,535
North Carolina#522101 in 3,815
Virginia#62671 in 5,038
Tennessee#63761 in 4,870
Maryland#68151 in 5,052
Indiana#76151 in 6,555
New York#836171 in 6,542
Michigan#87871 in 7,744
Ohio#91371 in 9,239
Pennsylvania#1,02261 in 10,823
Texas#1,168131 in 10,460
California#2,12691 in 26,945
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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 1994

girls
#883
220 births · 1 in 8,117 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #883Latoya220
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 8,117 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 94.4% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #880Iliana222
  2. #880Leandra222
  3. #882Janay221
  4. #883Latoya220
  5. #884Marlee219
  6. #885Ashely217
  7. #885Bailee217
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →