Tonda
Tonda was last recorded in 1989, when 10 babies were given it; 2,426 Americans have been recorded with it between 1942 and 1989 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,070 Americans named Tonda and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 56 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tonda by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tonda mean?
Wiktionary, Czech section
Tonda is “a diminutive of the male given name Antonín”
[ˈtonda]
Meaning: Wiktionary, Czech section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tonda?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #7,992, in 1989; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
134 babies in 1964, the peak
Tonda peaked in 1964, when 134 girls were given it, #902 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 10 | #7,992 | 5.4 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,950 | 5.2 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,470 | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,657 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,521 | 7.7 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,189 | 6.6 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,341 | 6.5 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,950 | 9.0 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,731 | 9.6 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,216 | 11.2 |
Every recorded year (47)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 24 | #3,272 | 15.7 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,362 | 15.0 |
| 1976 | 40 | #2,172 | 27.3 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,675 | 19.9 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,485 | 45.7 |
| 1973 | 52 | #1,730 | 35.7 |
| 1972 | 67 | #1,454 | 44.0 |
| 1971 | 80 | #1,349 | 48.1 |
| 1970 | 69 | #1,473 | 39.5 |
| 1969 | 92 | #1,167 | 54.5 |
| 1968 | 92 | #1,117 | 56.1 |
| 1967 | 92 | #1,092 | 55.7 |
| 1966 | 111 | #971 | 65.6 |
| 1965 | 132 | #873 | 74.8 |
| 1964 | 134 | #902 | 70.7 |
| 1963 | 123 | #958 | 63.8 |
| 1962 | 109 | #1,037 | 55.4 |
| 1961 | 117 | #1,004 | 58.0 |
| 1960 | 83 | #1,197 | 41.0 |
| 1959 | 66 | #1,323 | 32.6 |
| 1958 | 74 | #1,237 | 36.8 |
| 1957 | 69 | #1,271 | 33.7 |
| 1956 | 67 | #1,277 | 33.4 |
| 1955 | 62 | #1,290 | 31.7 |
| 1954 | 66 | #1,227 | 34.0 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,308 | 29.8 |
| 1952 | 48 | #1,416 | 25.9 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,252 | 31.1 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,713 | 18.1 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,506 | 22.2 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,817 | 16.5 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,523 | 22.0 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,718 | 17.8 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,587 | 9.9 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,357 | 6.8 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,847 | 8.6 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,312 | 3.7 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tonda a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tonda has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 47 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tonda: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tonda, and how old are they?
2,070 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 2,426 Americans ever recorded as Tonda. The median Tonda alive today is 62 years old; half are between 56 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 2,068 people named Tonda (2,042 women and girls, 26 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,177 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 21 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,040 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 920 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 86 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tonda born?
The states with the most babies named Tonda are Ohio, North Carolina and Indiana, with 59% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Indiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 310 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| North Carolina | 191 | not ranked | 2.8× |
| Indiana | 123 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Texas | 82 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Michigan | 56 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Kentucky | 48 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 44 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| South Carolina | 44 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 37 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 24 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Tonda is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tonda is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1942 it was given 2.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tonda with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tonda
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tonda and names like it
- Compare Tonda and PenniBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sTonda peaked in 1964.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tonda since 1910.
- Czech namesWiktionary’s origin for Tonda: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Tonda.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tonda alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.