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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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 1981

  • 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: #916 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 9,394 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWIMichigan: #629 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,517 girlsMINew York: #1,418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,889 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: #605 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,816 girlsINOhio: #705 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 8,028 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #716 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,211 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,410 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 16,481 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: #441 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,978 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedWVVirginia: #644 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,011 girlsVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #649 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,523 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #592 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,375 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedALGeorgia: #599 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedHITexas: #1,575 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 20,622 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Toya, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#441 · 1 in 3,978
  2. Louisiana#592 · 1 in 4,375
  3. Georgia#599 · 1 in 4,974
  4. Indiana#605 · 1 in 5,816
  5. Michigan#629 · 1 in 6,517

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

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Kentucky#44161 in 3,978
Louisiana#59271 in 4,375
Georgia#59971 in 4,974
Indiana#60561 in 5,816
Michigan#62991 in 6,517
Virginia#64451 in 6,011
North Carolina#64961 in 5,523
Ohio#70591 in 8,028
New Jersey#71661 in 6,211
Illinois#91681 in 9,394
California#1,410111 in 16,481
New York#1,41861 in 16,889
Texas#1,57561 in 20,622
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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 1981

girls
#1,114
124 births · 1 in 13,452 girls

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #1,114Toya124
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 13,452 of them was named Toya, which outranked 90.9% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Toya
  1. #1,109Roseann125
  2. #1,109Samara125
  3. #1,109Sharita125
  4. #1,114Toya124
  5. #1,114Angelic124
  6. #1,114Ayanna124
  7. #1,114Bonita124
  8. #1,122Amberly123
  9. #1,122Ava123
  10. #1,122Denisha123

Tied with 7 names at #1,114; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →