Toya

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · Last seen for boys in 1976 at #5,587
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 227 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,969
since 1932

Toya over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Toya has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #672, 1976girls
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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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1976#672227#5,5875
1975#724203#5,4645
1974#679219#4,1907
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First appearance
1932

The first year at least five girls were named Toya! It came in at #3,568, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1934–1948, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Toya is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMNIllinois: #442 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,510 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #625 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,408 girlsMINew York: #811 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,427 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedINOhio: #717 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,907 girlsOHPennsylvania: #889 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,324 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,436 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 20,504 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMOKentucky: #399 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,248 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedARTennessee: #325 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,249 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #688 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,378 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #280 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,425 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedLAMississippi: #456 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,131 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,156 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,883 girlsTXFlorida: #874 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,521 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#280 · 1 in 1,425
  2. Tennessee#325 · 1 in 2,249
  3. Kentucky#399 · 1 in 3,248
  4. Illinois#442 · 1 in 3,510
  5. Mississippi#456 · 1 in 3,131

Best ever in a state: #260 in Tennessee, 1976.

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District of Columbia#28071 in 1,425
Tennessee#325141 in 2,249
Kentucky#39981 in 3,248
Illinois#442251 in 3,510
Mississippi#45661 in 3,131
Michigan#625101 in 7,408
North Carolina#68851 in 8,378
Ohio#71791 in 9,907
New York#811151 in 9,427
Florida#87451 in 9,521
Pennsylvania#88961 in 14,324
Texas#1,15671 in 14,883
California#1,43681 in 20,504
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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 Toya
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
  • Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1970 (#1,059 → #823)
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1978 (#802 → #986)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1932
  • Peaked 1976 at #672 (227 births)
  • Births halved by 1982, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1970–1978
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,454
  • Highest: 1 in 6,454 girls born in 1976 were named Toya (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 45.7% of all girls named Toya (1,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s19#3,406 (1933)#3,753
1940s15#3,393 (1949)#4,318
1950s242#1,596 (1959)#2,399
1960s732#1,008 (1968)#1,318
1970s1,812#672 (1976)#811
1980s867#1,043 (1980)#1,554
1990s229#2,437 (1990)#5,845
2000s40#7,724 (2001)#12,156
2010s13#13,448 (2010)#13,621

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.

Toya in 1970

girls
#823
167 births · 1 in 10,468 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #823Toya167
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 10,468 of them was named Toya, which outranked 91.2% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toya
  1. #819Loriann169
  2. #821Angelita168
  3. #821Luann168
  4. #823Toya167
  5. #823Adriane167
  6. #823Francesca167
  7. #823Willie167
  8. #827Carissa166
  9. #827Frankie166
  10. #827Gia166

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

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

See the top 100 for 1970 →