Latonya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-TON-ya
- Origin
- Modern
Latonya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Latonya mean?
Modern: La- prefix + Tonya
Formed from the La- prefix and Tonya, a Russian pet form of Antonina.
Is Latonya a girl's or a boy's name?
Latonya is a girls' name.
How popular is Latonya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1974, with 1,290 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Latonya in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latonya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 53 | #2,637 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 55 | #2,388 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 79 | #1,798 |
| 1994 | 91 | #1,644 |
| 1993 | 163 | #1,102 |
| 1992 | 157 | #1,124 |
| 1991 | 191 | #979 |
| 1990 | 251 | #798 |
| 1989 | 284 | #698 |
| 1988 | 297 | #652 |
| 1987 | 341 | #581 |
| 1986 | 414 | #505 |
| 1985 | 489 | #448 |
| 1984 | 644 | #360 |
| 1983 | 638 | #355 |
| 1982 | 731 | #331 |
| 1981 | 993 | #250 |
| 1980 | 900 | #276 |
| 1979 | 931 | #261 |
| 1978 | 936 | #253 |
| 1977 | 987 | #250 |
| 1976 | 1,086 | #223 |
| 1975 | 1,208 | #202 |
| 1974 | 1,290 | #197 |
| 1973 | 1,195 | #213 |
| 1972 | 1,196 | #232 |
| 1971 | 1,141 | #258 |
| 1970 | 941 | #302 |
| 1969 | 772 | #325 |
| 1968 | 610 | #366 |
| 1967 | 521 | #400 |
| 1966 | 372 | #482 |
| 1965 | 319 | #532 |
| 1964 | 266 | #614 |
| 1963 | 206 | #711 |
| 1962 | 170 | #802 |
| 1961 | 119 | #993 |
| 1960 | 85 | #1,180 |
| 1959 | 60 | #1,382 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 23 | #2,346 |
| 1956 | 29 | #2,004 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,552 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
Names like Latonya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Latonya
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Latonya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latonya, updated 20 October 2026.