Toka — girls' name
34 babies named Toka in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1969. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Toka was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Toka in 1969 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Toka
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Toka between 1968 and 1978, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Toka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Toka shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Toka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Toka 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 34 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.
Toka at a glance
Last recorded 1978Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Toka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–1968
- Peak year (1969)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1978.
34 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1969 with 9 births in a single year.
Toka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20 births that decade — 59% of Toka's all-time total
Toka decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Runner-up 14 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Toka's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Toka by state
Where Toka concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 14.7% |
5 of 34 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 14.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 14.7% 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, 1968–1978 (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.