Girl name#571 of girl names
Latoya
Pronounced L AH0 T OY1 AH0 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1984
- 65 years in use
How popular is Latoya?
Latoya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1960. It has been given to 45,740 children — the 571st most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 130 births across the past decade, against a peak of 5,051 in a single year. That peak was in 1984.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- L AH0 T OY1 AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 010
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Latoya
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Latoya
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Latoya?
- Latoya ranks 571st among girls' names in US records, with 45,740 births since 1960. Over the past decade it accounts for 130.
- Is Latoya a unisex name?
- No. Latoya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Latoya most popular?
- 1984, when 5,051 children were given the name. It has been in use for 65 years and is still recorded as of 2024.