Girls' name · since 1978
Latroya
278 babies named Latroya in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latroya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 278 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Latroya recorded 278 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2001.
- #16,558 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 278 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Latroya ranks #16,558 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 278 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #16,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 278
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Latroya's 278 recorded births place it above 77.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Latroya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Latroya splits its recorded history at 1989: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1988 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Latroya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2001
- Peak year (1988)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Latroya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (150 births, 54% of the file).
1980s was Latroya's strongest decade.
150 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Latroya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
150 births
- 1990s
1990s
98 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 150 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Latroya's decade-level peak was the 1980s (150 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Latroya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1978–2001 (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 Latroya 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.