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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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
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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 1961

girls
#1,360
67 births · 1 in 30,127 girls
boys
#2,409
12 births · 1 in 177,016 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,360Tonie67

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #2,409Tonie12
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 30,127 of them was named Tonie, which outranked 81.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonie
  1. #1,354Randee68
  2. #1,354Sandee68
  3. #1,354Tawny68
  4. #1,360Tonie67
  5. #1,360Arlette67
  6. #1,360Carie67
  7. #1,360Casandra67
  8. #1,375Adriane66
  9. #1,375Bari66
  10. #1,375Charlayne66

Tied with 14 names at #1,360; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 177,016 of them was named Tonie, which outranked 48.3% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tonie
  1. #2,322Wilhelm13
  2. #2,322Worth13
  3. #2,322Zackery13
  4. #2,409Tonie12
  5. #2,409Ace12
  6. #2,409Adell12
  7. #2,409Aden12
  8. #2,538Alaric11
  9. #2,538Alexandro11
  10. #2,538Alice11

Tied with 128 names at #2,409; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961