How Many People Are Named Toya?
An estimated 3,532 people in the United States have the first name Toya. It is predominantly female (99.4%). The average bearer is 50 years old, and Toya peaked in popularity in 1976 with 232 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Toya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Toya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
3,532
About 1 in 97,043 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.4% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1976
232 births
Total Registered
3,992
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Toya
Toya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 3,992 total births registered, 99.4% were female.
Toya as a male name
Ranked #6,438 in 1976
5 male births in 1976
Peak: 1974 (7 births)
Toya as a female name
Ranked #15,526 in 2018
6 female births in 2018
Peak: 1976 (227 births)
Toya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Toya span from the 1930s to the 2010s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1970s, when 1,835 babies were registered. Toya has declined significantly from its peak in the 1970s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Toya by Decade
How has Toya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Toya by State
Birth registrations for Toya span all 23 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Illinois, Michigan, New York. The lowest are in Arkansas, South Carolina, Missouri. On average, about 107 Toyas were registered per state.
Toya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Toya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Toya
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Toya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Toya?
We estimate approximately 3,532 people named Toya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 97,043 Americans share this first name.
Is Toya a common name?
Toya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 95.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 3,992 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Toya most popular?
Toya reached peak popularity in 1976, when 232 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Toya is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Toya a female name?
Toya is predominantly female. 99.4% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Toya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Toya Smith, Toya Johnson, Toya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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