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The first name Latonya

A girl’s name.

3 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Latonia.

A form of Latonia.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Latonya at birth, 1880–2025

In 2022, 5 girls born in the United States were named Latonya, the 16,655th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1974, when 1,290 were.

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21,824
babies named Latonya since 1880
#16,655
rank in 2022
1974
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Questions

Is Latonya a boy's or a girl's name?
Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 21,824 US babies named Latonya since 1880 were girls.
When was Latonya most popular?
1974 in the United States, when 1,290 babies were named Latonya, its highest rank at 197th.
What name is Latonya a form of?
Latonya is a form of Latonia.