Tona

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1964 · 59 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,427
since 1924

Tona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tona has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #1,470, 1964girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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rankbirths
2025#13,2086
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2023#13,4626
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2001#15,3525
2000#10,7458
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1996#9,5818
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1994#9,5868
1993#8,7199
1992#13,3175
1991#11,5096
1990#11,4096
1989#7,44910
1988#9,2447
1987#7,9878
1986#6,15611
1985#7,5638
1984#4,47816
1983#6,21210
1982#3,64722
1981#3,25326
1980#3,85320
1979#4,62615
1978#3,63720
1977#3,17624
1976#2,48632
1975#2,19638
1974#2,29034
1973#2,12737
1972#2,52328
1971#2,66527
1970#1,98642
1969#2,02338
1968#1,94038
1967#2,16730
1966#1,66945
1965#1,95035
1964#1,47059
1963#1,52254
1962#1,69045
1961#1,80740
1960#1,83538
1959#1,56748
1958#2,02530
1957#1,50750
1956#1,93131
1955#1,97829
1954#1,80133
1953#2,17323
1952#2,50218
1951#2,01624
1950#2,05322
1949#1,96724
1948#1,90125
1947#1,66133
1946#1,91923
1945#2,91610
1944#2,51113
1943#3,4938
1942#2,66612
1941#3,2528
1940#3,2088
1939#2,73610
1938#4,3425
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1933#4,2185
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Tona! It came in at #5,061, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1924–1933, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tona is popular in 1924

No state had 5 or more girls named Tona in 1924, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tona
Momentum · girls
Brand new
    Rise & fade · girls
    40 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1924
    • Peaked 1964 at #1,470 (59 births)
    • Births halved by 1971, 7 yrs later
    Top of the charts · girls
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · girls
    1 in 32,116
    • Highest: 1 in 32,116 girls born in 1964 were named Tona (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
    Era · girls
    The 1960s
    • 29.6% of all girls named Tona (422) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1920s5#5,061 (1924)#5,061
    1930s26#2,736 (1939)#3,775
    1940s164#1,661 (1947)#2,549
    1950s308#1,507 (1957)#1,955
    1960s422#1,470 (1964)#1,807
    1970s297#1,986 (1970)#2,771
    1980s138#3,253 (1981)#5,984
    1990s42#8,719 (1993)#10,687
    2000s13#10,745 (2000)#13,049
    2010s0——
    2020s12#13,208 (2025)#13,335

    All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

    Tona in 1924

    girls
    #5,061
    5 births · 1 in 249,774 girls

    Top girls' names in 1924

    1. #1Mary73,534
    2. #2Dorothy39,996
    3. #3Helen31,194
    4. #4Betty30,600
    5. #5Margaret26,547
    6. #6Ruth23,601
    7. #7Virginia18,620
    8. #8Mildred15,853
    9. #9Doris15,786
    10. #10Frances15,183
    11. #5,061Tona5
    More about 1924

    girls

    1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 249,774 of them was named Tona, which outranked 14.2% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

    Ranked beside Tona
    1. #4,434Zoa6
    2. #4,434Zonia6
    3. #4,434Zorka6
    4. #5,061Tona5
    5. #5,061Adalaide5
    6. #5,061Adalee5
    7. #5,061Adalyne5

    Tied with 839 names at #5,061; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

    Biggest movers since 1923
    Risers
    1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
    2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
    3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
    4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
    5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
    Fallers
    1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
    2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
    3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
    4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
    5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

    Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

    See the top 100 for 1924 →