Given name
Tokala
“resembling a fox”
Tokala is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tokala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,704 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,704 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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