Tonesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tonesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 359 babies named Tonesha between 1969 and 2005, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tonesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tonesha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tonesha 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 359 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.