Tolga — boys' name
33 babies named Tolga in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
33 boys have been named Tolga since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2005.
- 33
- total births
- 1976–2005
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 33%
- born in that decade
33% of everyone ever named Tolga was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Tolga in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tolga
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Tolga between 1976 and 2005, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tolga currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tolga performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tolga shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tolga in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 33 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Tolga at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tolga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1976
- Peak year (2005)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
33 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 7 births in a single year.
Tolga by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 11 births that decade — 33% of Tolga's all-time total
Tolga decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tolga's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.