Tonja
Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502 · Last seen for boys in 1969 at #4,404
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1967 · 512 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,989since 1940
Tonja over time
Rank among girls' names. Tonja has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
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| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
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| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #11,138 | 7 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,120 | 24 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,393 | 28 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,723 | 36 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,545 | 38 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,421 | 39 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,570 | 74 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,261 | 101 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,281 | 95 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,067 | 122 | — | |
| 1976 | #909 | 144 | — | |
| 1975 | #766 | 185 | — | |
| 1974 | #666 | 227 | — | |
| 1973 | #530 | 317 | — | |
| 1972 | #470 | 386 | — | |
| 1971 | #495 | 386 | — | |
| 1970 | #464 | 451 | — | |
| 1969 | #444 | 471 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #448 | 455 | — | |
| 1967 | #407 | 512 | — | |
| 1966 | #470 | 405 | — | |
| 1965 | #502 | 358 | — | |
| 1964 | #569 | 298 | — | |
| 1963 | #615 | 268 | — | |
| 1962 | #641 | 248 | — | |
| 1961 | #744 | 195 | — | |
| 1960 | #870 | 142 | — | |
| 1959 | #950 | 122 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,112 | 90 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,279 | 66 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,623 | 39 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,671 | 35 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,491 | 16 | — | |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,482 | 15 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tonja! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tonja
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 162 spots in 1959 (#1,112 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 158 spots in 1977 (#909 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1967 at #407 (512 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1959–1976
- Highest: 1 in 3,225 girls born in 1967 were named Tonja (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 307,974 girls born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 48.0% of all girls named Tonja (3,352) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 104 | #2,069 (1949) | #3,168 |
| 1950s | 533 | #950 (1959) | #1,561 |
| 1960s | 3,352 | #407 (1967) | #571 |
| 1970s | 2,414 | #464 (1970) | #791 |
| 1980s | 435 | #1,570 (1980) | #2,613 |
| 1990s | 124 | #4,120 (1990) | #8,157 |
| 2000s | 27 | #8,837 (2002) | #10,834 |
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.
Tonja in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 3,582 of them was named Tonja, which outranked 94.9% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 357,635 of them was named Tonja, which outranked 12.7% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 639 names at #4,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.