Tonia

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1977 at #5,845
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 1,425 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
22,194
since 1917

Tonia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tonia has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #211, 1971girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425—
2024#15,2935—
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2020#13,4536—
2019#11,3568—
2018#13,7936—
2017#9,94310—
2016#7,98814—
2015#13,0067—
2014#10,9559—
2013#9,61211—
2012#7,80415—
2011#16,7645—
2010#7,21717—
2009#7,06618—
2008#7,07318—
2007#9,53912—
2006#5,54524—
2005#7,50015—
2004#5,55522—
2003#3,65538—
2002#3,81034—
2001#3,41739—
2000#3,73834—
1999#2,89646—
1998#2,73149—
1997#2,20062—
1996#2,71445—
1995#2,55249—
1994#1,92973—
1993#1,74185—
1992#1,87675—
1991#1,55599—
1990#1,54399—
1989#1,370111—
1988#1,246119—
1987#1,115134—
1986#997155—
1985#856188—
1984#898166—
1983#724230—
1982#663268—
1981#590312—
1980#507397—
1979#443462—
1978#376561—
1977#326723#5,8455
1976#285808#4,4187
1975#255957—
1974#2191,174#5,2275
1973#2271,119#4,5056
1972#2171,280#4,4416
1971#2111,425#4,3756
1970#2191,429—
1969#2281,318—
1968#2411,148#3,6736
1967#2581,061#3,5596
1966#345679—
1965#423490—
1964#440492#3,6016
1963#488398—
1962#477413—
1961#501377—
1960#519347—
1959#555308—
1958#566299—
1957#647230—
1956#705184—
1955#760157—
1954#921109—
1953#921105—
1952#902105—
1951#98290—
1950#1,06475—
1949#1,03874—
1948#1,00176—
1947#97582—
1946#1,19252—
1945#1,27939—
1944#1,31537—
1943#1,16948—
1942#1,32537—
1941#1,38431—
1940#1,29433—
1939#1,42427—
1938#1,20037—
1937#1,35529—
1936#1,87317—
1935#1,51424—
1934#2,74110—
1933#1,97016—
1932#2,83110—
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1929#3,6827—
1928#4,7255—
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1926#3,2699—
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1924#4,4346—
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1922#5,0095—
1921#3,6668—
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five girls were named Tonia! It came in at #2,693, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Tonia is popular in 1941

No state had 5 or more girls named Tonia in 1941, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tonia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 351 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #14,942)
  • 1,489 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #14,942)
  • 1,936 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 217 spots in 1947 (#1,192 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1984 (#724 → #898)
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1971 at #211 (1,425 births)
  • Births halved by 1978, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 37 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 37 yrs · run 1951–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,168
  • Highest: 1 in 1,168 girls born in 1971 were named Tonia (0.09%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 44.8% of all girls named Tonia (9,938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s18#2,693 (1917)#3,281
1920s40#3,269 (1926)#4,131
1930s170#1,200 (1938)#1,864
1940s509#975 (1947)#1,197
1950s1,662#555 (1959)#802
1960s6,723#228 (1969)#392
1970s9,938#211 (1971)#278
1980s2,080#507 (1980)#897
1990s682#1,543 (1990)#2,174
2000s254#3,417 (2001)#5,690
2010s102#7,217 (2010)#10,844
2020s16#13,453 (2020)#14,563

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.

Tonia in 1941

girls
#1,384
31 births · 1 in 38,972 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,384Tonia31
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 38,972 of them was named Tonia, which outranked 72.8% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonia
  1. #1,355Sallyann32
  2. #1,355Trula32
  3. #1,355Verdie32
  4. #1,384Tonia31
  5. #1,384Allison31
  6. #1,384Almeda31
  7. #1,384Bess31
  8. #1,418Amparo30
  9. #1,418Angelica30
  10. #1,418Annita30

Tied with 33 names at #1,384; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →