Latoya is a 20th-century African American name combining the prefix *La-* with *Toya* (possibly from the Spanish *Latoya*, "victory"). **A top-200 US baby name from 1975 to 1995, peaking at #99 in 1981**. **La Toya Jackson (born 1956)** — **American singer and TV personality; fifth child of the Jackson family (Joseph and Katherine Jackson), sister of Michael, Janet, Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, Jackie, Randy, and Rebbie**; released 10 studio albums; her 1991 *Playboy* cover became one of the magazine's best-selling issues. **Star of reality series *Life with La Toya* (2013-2014) and *Armed and Famous* (2007)**. **Latoya Tonodeo** — American actress; *Power Book II: Ghost*. **Latoya Cantrell** — first woman elected Mayor of New Orleans (2018-present); first Black woman in that role. **Latoya London** — *American Idol* season 3 finalist (2004). **Latoya Luckett (born 1981)** — original member of Destiny's Child (1990-2000); Grammy-winning vocalist on the group's first two albums *Destiny's Child* (1998) and *The Writing's on the Wall* (1999) which sold 8+ million copies and produced "No, No, No," "Bills, Bills, Bills," and "Say My Name." **Latoya** exemplifies the post-Civil-Rights African American naming tradition alongside Lakeisha and Tameka.
Featured throughout late-20th-century African American culture.
Latoya reduces to five — the number of Jackson Five.