# Latoya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/latoya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “a spanish pet form of victoria” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 45,748 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 185 / 45,563 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 195, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly La- + Toya (“a Spanish pet form of Victoria”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 46 | 3,496 |
| 2011 | 28 | 4,994 |
| 2012 | 29 | 4,914 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,148 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,240 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,149 |
| 2016 | 13 | 8,670 |
| 2017 | 20 | 6,187 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,968 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,555 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,417 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,998 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,861 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,705 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,486 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 15 | 2,769 |
| 1977 | 13 | 3,129 |
| 1978 | 9 | 4,035 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,769 |
| 1980 | 11 | 3,751 |
| 1981 | 13 | 3,331 |
| 1982 | 8 | 4,838 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,240 |
| 1984 | 18 | 2,662 |
| 1985 | 19 | 2,654 |
| 1986 | 11 | 4,021 |
| 1987 | 14 | 3,443 |
| 1988 | 12 | 4,068 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,974 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,712 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | 1,715 |
| 2005 | 8 | 2,438 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 10 | 2,392 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |

## People named Latoya

- La Toya Jackson, American singer
- LaToya Ruby Frazier, American photographer and professor (born 1982)
- LaToya Cantrell, 62nd Mayor of New Orleans
- LaToya London, American actress and singer
- LaToya Thomas, American basketball player (born 1981)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.