Tonie

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312 · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 89.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1886 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,908
since 1886

Tonie over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954peak #1,108, 1886peak #2,178, 1965girlsboys
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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
2024
2023#10,3129
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013#11,0009
2012#16,8695
2011
2010#9,79011
2009
2008#12,5798
2007#8,09815
2006#9,90111#12,0555
2005#16,4625
2004#10,6909
2003#7,20715
2002#12,1877
2001#6,95615
2000#7,15814
1999#4,87022#8,7046
1998#6,36015
1997#7,28312
1996#4,45323
1995#4,09925
1994#4,11525#8,8005
1993#4,10025
1992#3,50331
1991#3,15935#5,5219
1990#4,52321#8,1175
1989#3,78426#6,9416
1988#3,48327
1987#4,12220#5,4597
1986#2,56438
1985#3,51724
1984#3,42324
1983#3,94919
1982#2,49238#5,0037
1981#3,06628#6,2625
1980#4,32717
1979#2,34340
1978#2,43136#5,0596
1977#2,66631#3,38611
1976#2,54631
1975#2,06042
1974#1,96143
1973#1,93942#4,0547
1972#1,65554
1971#1,56062#4,9075
1970#1,61958#2,62113
1969#1,40268#2,21715
1968#1,37566#3,3657
1967#1,78342#2,47011
1966#1,73642#2,9868
1965#1,46357#2,17814
1964#1,44361#2,20514
1963#1,40363#2,30013
1962#1,47657#2,67310
1961#1,36067#2,40912
1960#1,21281#3,6656
1959#1,24474#3,9885
1958#1,23374#3,0338
1957#1,21176#3,2577
1956#1,26068#3,2167
1955#1,20969
1954#1,34455#3,8275
1953#1,26159
1952#1,33352
1951#1,26654
1950#1,25953
1949#1,35346#3,6905
1948#1,47339#3,3166
1947#1,35746#3,0967
1946#1,80825#3,5255
1945#1,54328#3,3385
1944#1,29338
1943#1,55629#3,5385
1942#1,98119
1941#2,01817#3,5055
1940#1,90018#3,4595
1939#2,03816
1938#2,44712
1937#1,99916
1936#2,26313#3,5495
1935#2,9269#2,9517
1934#3,1598
1933#2,05215
1932#2,36513
1931#2,9729#3,7635
1930#2,55212
1929#3,6827#3,9595
1928#2,76811
1927#2,09518#3,7806
1926#2,70812
1925#2,77812
1924#5,0615
1923#3,12510
1922#3,15210
1921#2,94111#3,2148
1920#2,46314
1919#3,4528#3,3917
1918#3,8697#3,3687
1917#3,7137#2,56210
1916#3,2588
1915#3,3926
1914#2,8767
1913
1912#2,6346
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893#1,2776
1892#1,2786
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#1,1085
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Tonie! It came in at #1,108, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1886–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tonie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #1,108 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 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 24,809
  • Highest: 1 in 24,809 girls born in 1969 were named Tonie (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,287 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,108 in 1886, was only 1 in 28,907 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 21.8% of all girls named Tonie (634) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1918
  • Mostly boys until 1917, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,108 (1886)#1,108
1890s17#1,277 (1893)#1,296
1900s0
1910s43#2,634 (1912)#3,300
1920s110#2,095 (1927)#3,077
1930s123#1,999 (1937)#2,477
1940s305#1,293 (1944)#1,628
1950s634#1,209 (1955)#1,262
1960s604#1,212 (1960)#1,465
1970s439#1,560 (1971)#2,078
1980s261#2,492 (1982)#3,473
1990s234#3,159 (1991)#4,647
2000s99#6,956 (2001)#10,138
2010s25#9,790 (2010)#12,553
2020s9#10,312 (2023)#10,312

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.

Tonie in 1954

girls
#1,344
55 births · 1 in 35,308 girls
boys
#3,827
5 births · 1 in 407,750 boys

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #1,344Tonie55

Top boys' names in 1954

  1. #1Michael88,568
  2. #2Robert86,331
  3. #3James86,311
  4. #4John81,168
  5. #5David79,556
  6. #6William61,426
  7. #7Richard57,042
  8. #8Thomas47,159
  9. #9Gary37,920
  10. #10Charles37,463
  11. #3,827Tonie5
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 35,308 of them was named Tonie, which outranked 79.7% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonie
  1. #1,333Philomena56
  2. #1,333Ranae56
  3. #1,333Shirleen56
  4. #1,344Tonie55
  5. #1,344Adelaide55
  6. #1,344Albertha55
  7. #1,344Arlette55
  8. #1,367Chiquita54
  9. #1,367Georgann54
  10. #1,367Imelda54

Tied with 22 names at #1,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

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

boys

2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 407,750 of them was named Tonie, which outranked 12.2% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonie
  1. #3,452Yolanda6
  2. #3,452Zachariah6
  3. #3,452Zeferino6
  4. #3,827Tonie5
  5. #3,827Abbie5
  6. #3,827Abdon5
  7. #3,827Adelaido5

Tied with 533 names at #3,827; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 592Ricci#1,331#739
  2. 470Demetrius#1,357#887
  3. 382Crawford#1,378#996
  4. 310Gavin#1,139#829
  5. 296Dino#1,058#762
Fallers
  1. 504Arlin#878#1,382
  2. 347Adan#895#1,242
  3. 345Dayton#966#1,311
  4. 302Garey#966#1,268
  5. 293Bartholomew#975#1,268

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

See the top 100 for 1954