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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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
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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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1972#558296—
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1970#1,35477—
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1968#4,7799—
1967#4,30010—
1966#5,8096—
1965#5,2897—
1964#5,4747—
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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 1988

  • 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: #555 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,987 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: #429 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,450 girlsMNIllinois: #133 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 716 girlsILWisconsin: #181 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,102 girlsWIMichigan: #134 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 746 girlsMINew York: #135 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 771 girlsNYMassachusetts: #325 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsMARhode 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: #322 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,262 girlsINOhio: #172 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,040 girlsOHPennsylvania: #149 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 832 girlsPANew Jersey: #109 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 620 girlsNJConnecticut: #158 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 893 girlsCTCalifornia: #386 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 2,307 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedUTColorado: #496 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,477 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNEMissouri: #134 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 754 girlsMOKentucky: #200 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #87 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 422 girlsVAMaryland: #139 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 742 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedDEArizona: #554 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,598 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedNMKansas: #367 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,387 girlsKSArkansas: #113 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 588 girlsARTennessee: #156 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 877 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #65 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 312 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #50 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 247 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #52 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 206 girlsDCOklahoma: #239 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,450 girlsOKLouisiana: #73 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 376 girlsLAMississippi: #39 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 210 girlsMSAlabama: #75 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 386 girlsALGeorgia: #74 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 409 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Latoya, so not publishedHITexas: #200 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 1,116 girlsTXFlorida: #91 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 510 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#39 · 1 in 210
  2. South Carolina#50 · 1 in 247
  3. District of Columbia#52 · 1 in 206
  4. North Carolina#65 · 1 in 312
  5. Louisiana#73 · 1 in 376

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#39641 in 210
South Carolina#50761 in 247
District of Columbia#52301 in 206
North Carolina#651231 in 312
Louisiana#73701 in 376
Georgia#74981 in 409
Alabama#75561 in 386
Virginia#87851 in 422
Florida#911431 in 510
New Jersey#109731 in 620
Arkansas#113211 in 588
Illinois#1331031 in 716
Michigan#134771 in 746
Missouri#134421 in 754
New York#1351481 in 771
Maryland#139351 in 742
Pennsylvania#149841 in 832
Tennessee#156331 in 877
Connecticut#158211 in 893
Ohio#172661 in 1,040
Wisconsin#181261 in 1,102
Kentucky#200171 in 1,203
Texas#2001151 in 1,116
Oklahoma#239121 in 1,450
Indiana#322151 in 2,262
Massachusetts#325161 in 2,327
Kansas#36761 in 2,387
California#386991 in 2,307
Minnesota#42981 in 3,450
Colorado#49661 in 3,477
Arizona#55471 in 3,598
Washington#55571 in 3,987
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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 1988

girls
#157
1,810 births · 1 in 984 girls
boys
#3,915
12 births · 1 in 159,524 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #157Latoya1,810

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #3,915Latoya12
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 984 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 98.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #154Tabitha1,849
  2. #155Linda1,845
  3. #156Priscilla1,812
  4. #157Latoya1,810
  5. #158Briana1,802
  6. #158Carolyn1,802
  7. #160Emma1,795
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 159,524 of them was named Latoya, which outranked 53.9% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Latoya
  1. #3,705Yechiel13
  2. #3,705Zaccheus13
  3. #3,705Zed13
  4. #3,915Latoya12
  5. #3,915Abrahan12
  6. #3,915Albaro12
  7. #3,915Alistair12
  8. #4,162Aaryn11
  9. #4,162Abdulaziz11
  10. #4,162Abiel11

Tied with 246 names at #3,915; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →