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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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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2025#14,9425—
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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—
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1960#519347—
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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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedMNIllinois: #513 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,507 girlsILWisconsin: #475 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,799 girlsWIMichigan: #364 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,202 girlsMINew York: #594 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,803 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedRIOregon: #393 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,874 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedIAIndiana: #314 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,354 girlsINOhio: #335 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,737 girlsOHPennsylvania: #592 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,482 girlsPANew Jersey: #607 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,214 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #537 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 4,836 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedNEMissouri: #439 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,563 girlsMOKentucky: #325 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,515 girlsKYWest Virginia: #336 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,522 girlsWVVirginia: #547 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,632 girlsVAMaryland: #402 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,733 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedNMKansas: #306 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,068 girlsKSArkansas: #267 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsARTennessee: #247 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,510 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #347 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,727 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #464 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,119 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #473 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,615 girlsLAMississippi: #471 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,940 girlsMSAlabama: #547 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,346 girlsALGeorgia: #506 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,846 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tonia, so not publishedHITexas: #517 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 4,123 girlsTXFlorida: #557 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,391 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#247 · 1 in 1,510
  2. Arkansas#267 · 1 in 1,590
  3. Kansas#306 · 1 in 2,068
  4. Indiana#314 · 1 in 2,354
  5. Kentucky#325 · 1 in 2,515

Best ever in a state: #92 in Vermont, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#247231 in 1,510
Arkansas#267111 in 1,590
Kansas#30691 in 2,068
Indiana#314201 in 2,354
Kentucky#325121 in 2,515
Ohio#335351 in 2,737
West Virginia#33661 in 2,522
North Carolina#347171 in 2,727
Michigan#364251 in 3,202
Oregon#39351 in 2,874
Maryland#40281 in 3,733
Missouri#43991 in 4,563
South Carolina#46461 in 4,119
Mississippi#47161 in 3,940
Louisiana#473101 in 3,615
Wisconsin#47561 in 6,799
Georgia#50691 in 4,846
Illinois#513181 in 5,507
Texas#517261 in 4,123
California#537361 in 4,836
Alabama#54761 in 5,346
Virginia#54761 in 6,632
Florida#55791 in 5,391
Pennsylvania#592121 in 8,482
New York#594241 in 6,803
New Jersey#60771 in 8,214
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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 1963

girls
#488
398 births · 1 in 4,843 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #488Tonia398
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 4,843 of them was named Tonia, which outranked 93.6% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonia
  1. #485Jessie400
  2. #485Mitzi400
  3. #487Benita399
  4. #488Tonia398
  5. #489Robbie396
  6. #490Johanna395
  7. #491Lillie391
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →