Latoyah — girls' name
43 babies named Latoyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Latoyah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Latoyah in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Latoyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Latoyah between 1981 and 1986, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Latoyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Latoyah performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Latoyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Latoyah 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 43 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.
Latoyah at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Latoyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1981
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
43 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 11 births in a single year.
Latoyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 43 births that decade — 100% of Latoyah's all-time total
Latoyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Latoyah's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
Latoyah by state
Where Latoyah concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 11.6% |
5 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 11.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 11.6% 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, 1981–1986 (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.