Tosha
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 316 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,727since 1958
Tosha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tosha has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 |
| 1996 | #2,451 | 52 |
| 1995 | #2,083 | 65 |
| 1994 | #1,675 | 89 |
| 1993 | #1,426 | 113 |
| 1992 | #1,207 | 144 |
| 1991 | #1,154 | 153 |
| 1990 | #975 | 191 |
| 1989 | #880 | 209 |
| 1988 | #775 | 242 |
| 1987 | #750 | 239 |
| 1986 | #707 | 253 |
| 1985 | #598 | 320 |
| 1984 | #615 | 291 |
| 1983 | #616 | 283 |
| 1982 | #583 | 312 |
| 1981 | #568 | 324 |
| 1980 | #572 | 324 |
| 1979 | #567 | 323 |
| 1978 | #565 | 307 |
| 1977 | #554 | 316 |
| 1976 | #603 | 263 |
| 1975 | #582 | 285 |
| 1974 | #616 | 253 |
| 1973 | #614 | 251 |
| 1972 | #681 | 217 |
| 1971 | #704 | 217 |
| 1970 | #966 | 131 |
| 1969 | #1,104 | 100 |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tosha! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1960, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tosha is popular in 1969
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#630 · 1 in 6,363
- New Jersey#637 · 1 in 7,084
- Pennsylvania#791 · 1 in 11,959
- California#956 · 1 in 11,419
- Ohio#961 · 1 in 16,856
Best ever in a state: #177 in Tennessee, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #630 | 6 | 1 in 6,363 |
| New Jersey | #637 | 7 | 1 in 7,084 |
| Pennsylvania | #791 | 7 | 1 in 11,959 |
| California | #956 | 14 | 1 in 11,419 |
| Ohio | #961 | 5 | 1 in 16,856 |
| Texas | #1,110 | 7 | 1 in 14,362 |
| New York | #1,522 | 5 | 1 in 27,793 |
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See more about Tosha
- Biggest jump: 262 spots in 1971 (#966 → #704)
- Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1991 (#975 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1977 at #554 (316 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1970–1990
- Highest: 1 in 4,852 girls born in 1977 were named Tosha (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 41.6% of all girls named Tosha (2,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 331 | #1,104 (1969) | #3,376 |
| 1970s | 2,563 | #554 (1977) | #645 |
| 1980s | 2,797 | #568 (1981) | #666 |
| 1990s | 916 | #975 (1990) | #2,141 |
| 2000s | 102 | #5,151 (2000) | #11,109 |
| 2010s | 6 | #14,331 (2016) | #14,331 |
| 2020s | 7 | #11,932 (2025) | #11,932 |
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.
Tosha in 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 16,870 of them was named Tosha, which outranked 87.3% 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).
- #1,100Maribeth101
- #1,100Octavia101
- #1,100Shandra101
- #1,104Tosha100
- #1,104Chantelle100
- #1,104Phoebe100
- #1,104Rosita100
- #1,109Brenna99
- #1,109Celina99
- #1,109Fannie99
Tied with 4 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.