Jatoya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Jatoya

The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Jatoya between 1980 and 2002, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jatoya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jatoya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jatoya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jatoya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jatoya 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 141 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.