Recorded 1980–1996 Boys' name Peak 1993 170 births

Toua — boys' name

170 babies named Toua in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s851990s85
1980s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Toua was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

19 babies were named Toua in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Toua

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Toua between 1980 and 1996, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Toua currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Toua performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Toua shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Toua in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Toua 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 170 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.

Toua at a glance

Last recorded 1996

Total births

170

Since 1980

17 years of records

Peak year

1993

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1996

Active since

1980

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 1996

Toua popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1980

Last recorded 1996
Peak year (1993)
19
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
5101520 199619941992199019881986198419811980 7

Toua by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
85 births that decade — 50% of Toua's all-time total
1980s851990s85

Toua by state

Where Toua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Toua
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
61 35.9%
California share of Toua's total US births 35.9%

61 of 170 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Toua?
170 babies have been named Toua since 1980. It was last recorded in 1996. The peak year was 1993 with 19 births.
When was Toua most popular?
Toua was most popular in the 1980s decade with 85 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
Where is Toua most popular?
The top states for the name Toua are California (61 births).
How long has the name Toua been used?
Toua has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 17 years of data through 1996.
What names are similar to Toua?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tou, Toussaint, Toure, Touger, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–1996 (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.