Girls' name · peaked in 1961
Toni name popularity since 1925
101,272 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Toni (98.5% girls, 1.5% boys). Half of them were born in 1966 or earlier, so the typical Toni is about 60 years old in 2026. Toni peaked in 1961 as the #149 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 101,272
- Named Toni, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,274 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.5% girls
- 99,724 girls · 1,548 boys
- Most popular in
- Montana
- 1.56× its national share
Peak year is the year Toni made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Toni births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1960. Measured as a share of all babies, Toni peaked in 1961.
- Fastest rise: Between 1940 and 1945, Toni became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 3,840 baby girls to 1 in 1,380.
- Steepest fall: Between 1996 and 2001, its share of baby girls fell by 48%, from 1 in 2,150 to 1 in 4,170.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Toni's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Toni.
Decade by decade
Babies named Toni in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 355 | 12 | – |
| 1930s | 1,506 | 56 | #538 |
| 1940s | 9,899 | 85 | #207 |
| 1950s | 21,308 | 128 | #158 |
| 1960s | 24,840 | 250 | #161 |
| 1970s | 15,899 | 276 | #179 |
| 1980s | 12,014 | 215 | #228 |
| 1990s | 8,309 | 220 | #327 |
| 2000s | 3,394 | 146 | #822 |
| 2010s | 1,578 | 101 | #1,328 |
| 2020–25 | 622 | 59 | #2,274 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.1% of babies named Toni from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Toni is most popular
The index compares Toni's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Toni.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Montana | 1.56× | 447 |
| Louisiana | 1.47× | 2,587 |
| District of Columbia | 1.46× | 657 |
| Oklahoma | 1.42× | 1,808 |
| Idaho | 1.41× | 549 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Toni and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Toni (this page) | 99,724 | 1961 |
| Tonie | 2,793 | 1969 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Toni's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Toni.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Toni (1961).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data