Girls' name · since 1980
Jatoya
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 141 babies named Jatoya, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jatoya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 141 have been recorded since 1980.
Jatoya has 141 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2002.
- #23,413 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 141 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jatoya ranks #23,413 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 141 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,413 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 141
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Jatoya's 141 recorded births place it above 67.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Jatoya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jatoya's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jatoya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2002
- Peak year (1992)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Jatoya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (77 births, 55% of the file).
1980s was Jatoya's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Jatoya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 77 births (55% of all-time use).
Jatoya by state
Where Jatoya concentrates geographically, total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.5% |
5 of 141 births nationwide.
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- Jatoya's decade-level peak was the 1980s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Jatoyas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jatoya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Jatoya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.