Girls' name · since 1961
Ltonya
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Ltonya, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ltonya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 34 have been recorded since 1961.
Ltonya has 34 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 1973.
- #39,561 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ltonya ranks #39,561 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #39,561 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ltonya's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ltonya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ltonya's SSA record in two at 1970 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ltonya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1973
- Peak year (1970)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ltonya by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (19 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Ltonya's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Ltonya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 19 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ltonya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1961–1973 (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 Ltonya 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.