Natoya — girls' name

What the Data Says About Natoya

The Social Security Administration has registered 607 babies named Natoya between 1973 and 1998, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Natoya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Natoya performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 400 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Natoya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Natoya in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Natoya 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 607 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.