Tonya
#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #5,332
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1973 · 7,184 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 120,421since 1923
Tonya over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,454 | 23 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,725 | 29 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,296 | 34 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,781 | 40 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,306 | 49 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,995 | 58 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,125 | 55 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,505 | 45 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,503 | 67 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,845 | 100 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,984 | 88 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,739 | 103 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,356 | 138 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,258 | 147 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,281 | 141 | — | |
| 1997 | #905 | 222 | — | |
| 1996 | #899 | 219 | — | |
| 1995 | #746 | 273 | — | |
| 1994 | #602 | 373 | — | |
| 1993 | #550 | 432 | — | |
| 1992 | #456 | 542 | — | |
| 1991 | #429 | 590 | — | |
| 1990 | #365 | 725 | — | |
| 1989 | #310 | 830 | — | |
| 1988 | #254 | 1,003 | — | |
| 1987 | #227 | 1,189 | — | |
| 1986 | #201 | 1,298 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #172 | 1,642 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #153 | 1,855 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #147 | 1,956 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #126 | 2,379 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #110 | 2,755 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #97 | 3,080 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #86 | 3,495 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #77 | 3,826 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #64 | 4,263 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #58 | 4,966 | #1,932 | 25 |
| 1975 | #45 | 5,896 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #37 | 6,878 | #1,471 | 35 |
| 1973 | #36 | 7,184 | #1,653 | 28 |
| 1972 | #37 | 7,244 | #1,603 | 29 |
| 1971 | #45 | 6,897 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #49 | 7,140 | #1,546 | 30 |
| 1969 | #54 | 6,169 | #1,767 | 22 |
| 1968 | #60 | 5,661 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1967 | #68 | 5,164 | #1,476 | 27 |
| 1966 | #96 | 3,630 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #129 | 2,968 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #150 | 2,698 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #167 | 2,369 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #174 | 2,247 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #199 | 1,839 | — | |
| 1960 | #242 | 1,327 | — | |
| 1959 | #268 | 1,073 | — | |
| 1958 | #340 | 764 | — | |
| 1957 | #357 | 644 | — | |
| 1956 | #370 | 566 | — | |
| 1955 | #448 | 402 | — | |
| 1954 | #474 | 353 | — | |
| 1953 | #507 | 294 | — | |
| 1952 | #559 | 240 | — | |
| 1951 | #598 | 205 | — | |
| 1950 | #697 | 153 | — | |
| 1949 | #737 | 134 | — | |
| 1948 | #708 | 139 | — | |
| 1947 | #682 | 152 | — | |
| 1946 | #748 | 119 | — | |
| 1945 | #741 | 101 | — | |
| 1944 | #797 | 92 | — | |
| 1943 | #975 | 66 | — | |
| 1942 | #902 | 75 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,242 | 35 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tonya! It came in at #3,971, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1924–1932, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Tonya
- 2,466 spots since 2024 (#6,394 → #8,860)
- 1,937 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #8,860)
- 4,135 spots since 2015 (#4,725 → #8,860)
- Biggest jump: 482 spots in 1942 (#1,384 → #902)
- Biggest drop: 376 spots in 1998 (#905 → #1,281)
- Debuted 1923
- Peaked 1973 at #36 (7,184 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1966–1980
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1942–1997
- Highest: 1 in 203 girls born in 1973 were named Tonya (0.49%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 48.0% of all girls named Tonya (57,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #3,971 (1923) | #3,971 |
| 1930s | 123 | #1,549 (1936) | #2,386 |
| 1940s | 944 | #682 (1947) | #892 |
| 1950s | 4,694 | #268 (1959) | #462 |
| 1960s | 34,072 | #54 (1969) | #134 |
| 1970s | 57,789 | #36 (1973) | #53 |
| 1980s | 17,987 | #97 (1980) | #180 |
| 1990s | 3,664 | #365 (1990) | #749 |
| 2000s | 775 | #1,356 (2000) | #2,499 |
| 2010s | 279 | #3,306 (2010) | #5,279 |
| 2020s | 87 | #5,955 (2021) | #7,822 |
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.
Tonya in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 360 of them was named Tonya, which outranked 99.4% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 82,161 of them was named Tonya, which outranked 66.9% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,202Valentine21
- #2,202Zacharia21
- #2,202Zakee21
- #2,270Tonya20
- #2,270Adams20
- #2,270Alma20
- #2,270Alphonzo20
- #2,361Abran19
- #2,361Adriano19
- #2,361Akbar19
Tied with 90 names at #2,270; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.