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
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 227 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,969since 1932
Toya over time
Rank among girls' names. Toya has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
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| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
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| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,036 | 38 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,703 | 44 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,437 | 50 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,371 | 49 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,152 | 53 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,776 | 66 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,691 | 69 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,323 | 92 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,237 | 102 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,114 | 124 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,043 | 137 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,113 | 122 | — | |
| 1978 | #986 | 140 | — | |
| 1977 | #802 | 187 | — | |
| 1976 | #672 | 227 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #724 | 203 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #679 | 219 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #755 | 181 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #764 | 182 | — | |
| 1971 | #788 | 184 | — | |
| 1970 | #823 | 167 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,059 | 107 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,008 | 106 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,284 | 71 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,256 | 73 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,578 | 52 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,520 | 55 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,430 | 59 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | — | |
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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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#361 · 1 in 1,948
- Louisiana#614 · 1 in 4,180
- Illinois#614 · 1 in 4,980
- North Carolina#634 · 1 in 5,476
- Florida#667 · 1 in 5,208
Best ever in a state: #260 in Tennessee, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #361 | 8 | 1 in 1,948 |
| Illinois | #614 | 15 | 1 in 4,980 |
| Louisiana | #614 | 7 | 1 in 4,180 |
| North Carolina | #634 | 6 | 1 in 5,476 |
| Florida | #667 | 9 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Georgia | #776 | 5 | 1 in 6,723 |
| New York | #778 | 15 | 1 in 6,595 |
| Michigan | #972 | 5 | 1 in 11,917 |
| Ohio | #1,057 | 5 | 1 in 14,418 |
| Texas | #1,355 | 7 | 1 in 15,873 |
| California | #1,969 | 6 | 1 in 27,221 |
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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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Biggest jump: 236 spots in 1970 (#1,059 → #823)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1978 (#802 → #986)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1976 at #672 (227 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1970–1978
- 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%)
- 45.7% of all girls named Toya (1,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 19 | #3,406 (1933) | #3,753 |
| 1940s | 15 | #3,393 (1949) | #4,318 |
| 1950s | 242 | #1,596 (1959) | #2,399 |
| 1960s | 732 | #1,008 (1968) | #1,318 |
| 1970s | 1,812 | #672 (1976) | #811 |
| 1980s | 867 | #1,043 (1980) | #1,554 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,437 (1990) | #5,845 |
| 2000s | 40 | #7,724 (2001) | #12,156 |
| 2010s | 13 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 13,158 of them was named Toya, which outranked 90.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,104Shonna123
- #1,104Talisha123
- #1,104Yasmin123
- #1,113Toya122
- #1,113Brienne122
- #1,113Lina122
- #1,113Rosalia122
- #1,120Francis120
- #1,120Kevin120
- #1,120Marybeth120
Tied with 6 names at #1,113; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.