How rare is the name Toya?

3,998 people in the United States have the first name Toya, about 1 in 75,546. It ranks #4,600 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TOYA

#4,600

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,998
About
1 in 75,546
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,998 people named Toya, 82.9% reported their origin as Black, 8.5% as White and 3.3% as two or more races. 97.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Toya peaked in 1976, when 232 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19322018
Peak year
1976
Births that year
232
In 2018
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,992 babies have been given the name since 1932. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Toya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,374. The largest share of babies named Toya, 60.7%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#8,93119
1940s#10,03915
1950s#3,575242
1960s#2,111732
1970s#1,3741,835
1980s#2,372867
1990s#7,352229
2000s#26,03440
2010s#37,94513
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–6413.5%
Generation X 1965–8060.7%
Millennials 1981–9623.3%
Generation Z 1997–121.9%
2013 and later0.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Toya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Toya has been most common in Tennessee (3.9×), Illinois (3.3×), and Michigan (3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.63×).

2,464 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Toya

1 other first name also has 3,998 people.

#4,600 Muhammed · 3,998

Either side of Toya

#4,599 Gurpreet · 3,999#4,600 Muhammed · 3,998#4,602 Barbie · 3,993#4,602 Marge · 3,993

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Toya, most common first.

#11,013 Toy · 1,182#15,682 Toua · 730#21,789 Toyia · 463#23,465 Toye · 417#28,137 Toa · 321#45,183 Toiya · 151#49,173 Toia · 127#50,309 Toyo · 120

Also a last name

As a last name, Toya ranks #42,180 of 156,621, with 554 people. See Toya as a last name

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