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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Toya

Toya was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 674th with 227 babies. More babies were named Toya in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1976227 babies
Total since 1880
3,992babies recorded

Toya popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 23 since 1973.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#14,8407
2000#17,4585
1990#2,46250
1980#1,048137
1970#825167
1960#1,44359
1950#3,40511
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Toya, counting every spelling?

Toya has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Toya?

About 3,700 people born in the US named Toya are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 45 and 56. That makes Toya mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Toya by state

How common Toya was among girls born in each state in 1974–1978, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (3.9×), Mississippi (3.0×), Illinois (2.3×), Louisiana (2.3×), Michigan (2.1×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesIL0.31Michigan: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMI0.27New York: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNY0.16Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesIN0.16Ohio: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesOH0.18Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.14Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesCA0.06Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesMO0.07Kentucky: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesKY0.09West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesVA0.15Maryland: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMD0.23Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesAR0.08Tennessee: 0.52 per 1,000 babiesTN0.52North Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesNC0.17South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.30 per 1,000 babiesLA0.30Mississippi: 0.40 per 1,000 babiesMS0.40Alabama: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesAL0.18Georgia: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesGA0.18Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesFL0.17
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Toya, girls, 1974–1978. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Toya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Toya, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Toya

How popular is the name Toya?

Toya was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 674th with 227 babies. More babies were named Toya in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Toya a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,969 girls and 23 boys.

Where was Toya most popular?

In 1974–1978, Toya was most common in Tennessee (0.52 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Illinois.