Latoya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-TOY-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Latoya is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Latoya mean?
Modern: the prefix La- with Toya
Formed in the US with the African American prefix La-, it became widely used from the 1970s.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Latoya a girl's or a boy's name?
Latoya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Latoya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Latoya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latoya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,505 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Latoya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Latoya, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 5,051 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Latoya in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Latoya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 64 | #2,434 |
| 2000 | 68 | #2,273 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 77 | #1,955 |
| 1997 | 111 | #1,473 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,277 |
| 1995 | 165 | #1,077 |
| 1994 | 220 | #882 |
| 1993 | 377 | #608 |
| 1992 | 580 | #434 |
| 1991 | 810 | #328 |
| 1990 | 1,117 | #254 |
| 1989 | 1,463 | #190 |
| 1988 | 1,810 | #157 |
| 1987 | 2,151 | #128 |
| 1986 | 2,537 | #111 |
| 1985 | 3,402 | #81 |
| 1984 | 5,051 | #60 |
| 1983 | 3,150 | #90 |
| 1982 | 3,201 | #91 |
| 1981 | 4,266 | #69 |
| 1980 | 2,506 | #123 |
| 1979 | 1,880 | #148 |
| 1978 | 2,040 | #135 |
| 1977 | 2,321 | #125 |
| 1976 | 2,052 | #135 |
| 1975 | 1,202 | #205 |
| 1974 | 958 | #263 |
| 1973 | 488 | #407 |
| 1972 | 296 | #558 |
| 1971 | 145 | #906 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,354 |
| 1969 | 20 | #3,011 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
Nicknames for Latoya
- Toya
Names like Latoya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer Alisha Jessica Aisha Khadija Safiya Amina Halima Amira Safia Lara Aliya
Names related to Latoya
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Latoya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/latoya, updated 20 October 2026.