Toni — #2168 US girls' name
100,115 babies named Toni in U.S. Social Security records since 1907, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Toni was born in this single decade.
2,897 babies were named Toni in 1960 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Toni
The Social Security Administration has registered 100,115 babies named Toni between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toni currently holds the #2168 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 2,897 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Toni performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 24,840 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Toni shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Toni in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Toni 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 100,115 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.
Toni at a glance
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Toni popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1907
- Peak year (1960)
- 2,897
- Annual births at peak — across 118 years of records
Currently ranks #2168 among girls.
100,115 total births across 118 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1960 with 2,897 births in a single year.
Toni popularity over time — boys
1,555 total births recorded since 1916 (Toni as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Toni accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Toni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 24,840 births that decade — 25% of Toni's all-time total
Toni decade highlights
- Peak decade 24,840 births
- Runner-up 21,308 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Toni's strongest decade
24,840 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Toni by state
Where Toni concentrates geographically — total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10,787 | 10.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 7,596 | 7.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 6,443 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5,341 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5,057 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 4,392 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 4,382 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 3,303 | 3.3% |
10,787 of 100,115 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.8% of nationwide
- New York 7.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Toni appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1907–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.