Toneka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Toneka

The Social Security Administration has registered 179 babies named Toneka between 1970 and 1996, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Toneka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Toneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Toneka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Toneka 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 179 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.