Tonisha
Last seen for girls in 2009 at #12,429
- Peak · girls
- 1993 · 138 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,224since 1970
Tonisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tonisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 |
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| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 |
| 1997 | #3,224 | 36 |
| 1996 | #1,980 | 71 |
| 1995 | #2,006 | 68 |
| 1994 | #1,433 | 111 |
| 1993 | #1,250 | 138 |
| 1992 | #1,274 | 134 |
| 1991 | #1,547 | 100 |
| 1990 | #1,456 | 107 |
| 1989 | #1,506 | 95 |
| 1988 | #1,409 | 99 |
| 1987 | #1,512 | 85 |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 |
| 1985 | #1,536 | 79 |
| 1984 | #1,446 | 80 |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 |
| 1982 | #1,608 | 72 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,542 | 76 |
| 1979 | #1,694 | 65 |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 |
| 1976 | #1,729 | 55 |
| 1975 | #1,854 | 49 |
| 1974 | #1,848 | 47 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #2,022 | 39 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tonisha! It came in at #4,492, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tonisha is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#917 · 1 in 12,042
- Michigan#963 · 1 in 11,731
- Florida#1,080 · 1 in 10,818
- Illinois#1,255 · 1 in 15,030
- California#1,332 · 1 in 15,108
Best ever in a state: #241 in District of Columbia, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #917 | 6 | 1 in 12,042 |
| Michigan | #963 | 5 | 1 in 11,731 |
| Florida | #1,080 | 5 | 1 in 10,818 |
| Illinois | #1,255 | 5 | 1 in 15,030 |
| California | #1,332 | 12 | 1 in 15,108 |
| Texas | #1,575 | 6 | 1 in 20,622 |
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See more about Tonisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1993 at #1,250 (138 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,109 girls born in 1993 were named Tonisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,639 girls born in 2009 (0.00%)
- 37.9% of all girls named Tonisha (844) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 485 | #1,422 (1978) | #2,172 |
| 1980s | 803 | #1,409 (1988) | #1,539 |
| 1990s | 844 | #1,250 (1993) | #2,055 |
| 2000s | 92 | #4,688 (2001) | #9,788 |
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.
Tonisha in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 21,385 of them was named Tonisha, which outranked 87.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,515Sarai79
- #1,515Shawnda79
- #1,515Shyla79
- #1,528Tonisha78
- #1,528Akilah78
- #1,528Amina78
- #1,528Charise78
- #1,549Adam77
- #1,549Barbra77
- #1,549Christel77
Tied with 20 names at #1,528; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.