Girls' name · since 1953
Tonga
Tonga has 159 recorded births since 1953 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1968 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tonga is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 159 have been recorded since 1953.
Tonga has 159 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1986.
- #22,224 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 159 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tonga ranks #22,224 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 159 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #22,224 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 159
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tonga's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tonga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tonga's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1968 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tonga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1986
- Peak year (1968)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Tonga by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (100 births, 63% of the file).
1960s was Tonga's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Tonga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s
1960s
100 births
- 1970s
1970s
41 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 100 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Tonga's decade-level peak was the 1960s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tonga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1968)
Similar record span (~33 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tonga draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.