Tonita

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411

Peak · girls
1965 · 50 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,102
since 1911

Tonita over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #1,575, 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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1999#14,4115
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1996#9,5818
1995#9,5538
1994#9,5868
1993#8,05210
1992#11,7386
1991#9,3368
1990#10,1937
1989#6,53112
1988#5,32115
1987#5,31214
1986#5,45913
1985#8,3187
1984#5,22213
1983#6,21210
1982#3,41824
1981#3,14727
1980#4,32717
1979#2,67133
1978#3,92418
1977#4,23516
1976#3,54019
1975#2,88125
1974#2,83525
1973#2,09438
1972#2,68026
1971#3,37319
1970#2,45030
1969#3,46116
1968#2,36027
1967#2,37626
1966#2,51923
1965#1,57550
1964#2,91519
1963#2,17230
1962#2,66821
1961#2,67321
1960#3,21215
1959#2,67819
1958#2,66319
1957#2,65119
1956#4,4678
1955#3,22513
1954#2,77916
1953#2,69916
1952#3,55210
1951#3,7149
1950#2,90913
1949#2,99912
1948#3,13711
1947#2,53016
1946#3,9947
1945#3,3888
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1943#2,44714
1942#2,11717
1941#2,66811
1940#2,57211
1939#1,73120
1938#2,11315
1937#1,91417
1936#2,38612
1935#2,09515
1934#4,2865
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1930#4,5505
1929#4,0536
1928#3,4368
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1919#4,8145
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First appearance
1911

The first year at least five girls were named Tonita! It came in at #2,463, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911–1916, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tonita is popular in 1963

No state had 5 or more girls named Tonita in 1963, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
Rise & fade · girls
54 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1911
  • Peaked 1965 at #1,575 (50 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 1 yr 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 35,303
  • Highest: 1 in 35,303 girls born in 1965 were named Tonita (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 354,765 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 22.6% of all girls named Tonita (249) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s16#2,463 (1911)#3,787
1920s33#3,436 (1928)#4,117
1930s95#1,731 (1939)#2,872
1940s107#2,117 (1942)#2,872
1950s142#2,651 (1957)#3,134
1960s248#1,575 (1965)#2,593
1970s249#2,094 (1973)#3,068
1980s152#3,147 (1981)#5,327
1990s60#8,052 (1993)#10,306

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.

Tonita in 1963

girls
#2,172
30 births · 1 in 64,250 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. #2,172Tonita30
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 64,250 of them was named Tonita, which outranked 71.6% 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 Tonita
  1. #2,131Tonna31
  2. #2,131Yasmin31
  3. #2,131Yulonda31
  4. #2,172Tonita30
  5. #2,172Agatha30
  6. #2,172Alise30
  7. #2,172Antonietta30
  8. #2,211Adria29
  9. #2,211Arthur29
  10. #2,211Camie29

Tied with 38 names at #2,172; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

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 →