Latoy — girls' name
136 babies named Latoy in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Latoy was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Latoy in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latoy
The Social Security Administration has registered 136 babies named Latoy between 1973 and 1991, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latoy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latoy performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Latoy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latoy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latoy 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 136 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.
Latoy at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latoy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1973
- Peak year (1975)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
136 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 15 births in a single year.
Latoy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 74 births that decade — 54% of Latoy's all-time total
Latoy decade highlights
- Peak decade 74 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Latoy's strongest decade
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Latoy by state
Where Latoy concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 7 | 5.1% |
7 of 136 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.