Girls' name · peaked in 1971
Tonia name popularity since 1925
22,210 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tonia. Half of them were born in 1971 or earlier, so the typical Tonia is about 55 years old in 2026. Tonia peaked in 1971 as the #212 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 22,210
- Named Tonia, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #17,063 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 22,157 girls · 53 boys
- Most popular in
- Louisiana
- 1.78× its national share
Peak year is the year Tonia 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.
Tonia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1970. Measured as a share of all babies, Tonia peaked in 1971.
- Fastest rise: Between 1963 and 1968, Tonia became 3.4× more common, from 1 in 4,840 baby girls to 1 in 1,430.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, its share of baby girls fell by 66%, from 1 in 2,120 to 1 in 6,320.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tonia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tonia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tonia 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 | 21 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 170 | 0 | #1,541 |
| 1940s | 509 | 0 | #1,288 |
| 1950s | 1,662 | 0 | #762 |
| 1960s | 6,723 | 18 | #423 |
| 1970s | 9,938 | 35 | #255 |
| 1980s | 2,080 | 0 | #857 |
| 1990s | 682 | 0 | #2,585 |
| 2000s | 254 | 0 | #7,872 |
| 2010s | 102 | 0 | #14,378 |
| 2020–25 | 16 | 0 | #17,063 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
67.9% of babies named Tonia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tonia is most popular
The index compares Tonia'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 Tonia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 1.78× | 616 |
| North Carolina | 1.75× | 958 |
| Tennessee | 1.65× | 672 |
| Ohio | 1.63× | 1,444 |
| Kentucky | 1.56× | 503 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tonia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tonia (this page) | 22,157 | 1971 |
| Tonya | 120,414 | 1973 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tonia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tonia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tonia (1971).
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