Tonda

Last seen for girls in 1989 at #7,449

Peak · girls
1965 · 132 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,426
since 1942

Tonda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tonda has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #870, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1989#7,44910
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1987#7,3539
1986#8,5237
1985#5,34813
1984#5,22213
1983#5,82411
1982#5,91111
1981#4,74615
1980#4,51716
1979#4,05218
1978#3,19624
1977#3,26723
1976#2,13540
1975#2,61229
1974#1,47367
1973#1,71452
1972#1,44867
1971#1,33680
1970#1,46469
1969#1,16292
1968#1,11492
1967#1,08692
1966#966111
1965#870132
1964#899134
1963#953123
1962#1,032109
1961#1,002117
1960#1,19283
1959#1,31566
1958#1,23374
1957#1,26269
1956#1,27267
1955#1,27562
1954#1,22466
1953#1,29956
1952#1,40248
1951#1,23956
1950#1,67931
1949#1,48938
1948#1,77828
1947#1,51039
1946#1,67828
1945#2,45813
1944#3,1399
1943#2,69512
1942#4,6225
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Tonda! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tonda is popular in 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,032 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 21,676 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedWIMichigan: #849 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,025 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedIAIndiana: #664 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,013 girlsINOhio: #589 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,826 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #528 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,135 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tonda, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#528 · 1 in 6,135
  2. Ohio#589 · 1 in 8,826
  3. Indiana#664 · 1 in 10,013
  4. Michigan#849 · 1 in 18,025
  5. Illinois#1,032 · 1 in 21,676

Best ever in a state: #309 in Nebraska, 1954.

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North Carolina#52881 in 6,135
Ohio#589121 in 8,826
Indiana#66451 in 10,013
Michigan#84951 in 18,025
Illinois#1,03251 in 21,676
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Tonda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
  • Biggest jump: 79 spots in 1963 (#1,032 → #953)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1967 (#966 → #1,086)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1965 at #870 (132 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1963–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,372
  • Highest: 1 in 13,372 girls born in 1965 were named Tonda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 184,355 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 44.7% of all girls named Tonda (1,085) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s172#1,489 (1949)#2,421
1950s595#1,224 (1954)#1,320
1960s1,085#870 (1965)#1,028
1970s469#1,336 (1971)#2,270
1980s105#4,517 (1980)#6,099

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.

Tonda in 1959

girls
#1,315
66 births · 1 in 30,659 girls

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,315Tonda66
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 30,659 of them was named Tonda, which outranked 81.7% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonda
  1. #1,306Sanjuanita67
  2. #1,306Valinda67
  3. #1,306Wonda67
  4. #1,315Tonda66
  5. #1,315Berta66
  6. #1,315Candie66
  7. #1,315Candis66
  8. #1,326Annabelle65
  9. #1,326Darcie65
  10. #1,326Deborha65

Tied with 10 names at #1,315; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →