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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #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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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 1972

  • 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: #454 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #409 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,257 girlsMINew York: #1,126 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,855 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: #480 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,653 girlsOHPennsylvania: #944 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,422 girlsPANew Jersey: #501 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,074 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,031 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 11,423 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: #449 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,959 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: #329 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,177 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #487 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,841 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #466 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,947 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedALGeorgia: #723 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,196 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedHITexas: #990 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,708 girlsTXFlorida: #889 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,896 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#329 · 1 in 2,177
  2. Michigan#409 · 1 in 3,257
  3. Kentucky#449 · 1 in 3,959
  4. Illinois#454 · 1 in 3,391
  5. Louisiana#466 · 1 in 2,947

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

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Tennessee#329131 in 2,177
Michigan#409191 in 3,257
Kentucky#44961 in 3,959
Illinois#454221 in 3,391
Louisiana#46691 in 2,947
Ohio#480161 in 4,653
South Carolina#48751 in 3,841
New Jersey#501101 in 4,074
Georgia#72351 in 7,196
Florida#88951 in 8,896
Pennsylvania#94451 in 14,422
Texas#99091 in 10,708
California#1,031121 in 11,423
New York#1,12681 in 13,855
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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 1972

girls
#764
182 births · 1 in 8,358 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #764Toya182
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 8,358 of them was named Toya, which outranked 92.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toya
  1. #760Martina183
  2. #760Nicola183
  3. #760Tamatha183
  4. #764Toya182
  5. #764Kayla182
  6. #764Nichol182
  7. #767Elisha181
  8. #767Noel181
  9. #769Ethel180

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

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →