Atoya — girls' name
153 babies named Atoya in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Atoya was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Atoya in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Atoya
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Atoya between 1973 and 1991, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Atoya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Atoya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Atoya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Atoya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 153 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Atoya at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Atoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1973
- Peak year (1981)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
153 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 19 births in a single year.
Atoya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 84 births that decade — 55% of Atoya's all-time total
Atoya decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Atoya's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.