Tona — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tona

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,421 babies named Tona between 1924 and 2023, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 59 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tona performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 422 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Tona in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tona 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 1,421 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.