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.
50% of everyone ever named Toua was born in this single decade.
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 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Toua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1980
- Peak year (1993)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
170 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 19 births in a single year.
Toua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 50% of Toua's all-time total
Toua decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Toua's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Toua by state
Where Toua concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61 | 35.9% |
61 of 170 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 35.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 35.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 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.