Toni
Toni was given to 81 girls in 2025, #2,274 among girls’ names; 101,762 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 86,500 Americans named Toni and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 43 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Toni by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Toni mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Toni is “a diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Toni?
#2,274 among girls’ names, 2025
Toni fell from #1,328 in 2015 to #2,274 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.10 to 0.05 per 1,000.
2,930 babies in 1960, the peak
Toni peaked in 1960, when 2,930 babies were given it (2,898 girls, #146 among girls’ names). The 89 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,274 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,175 | 0.05 |
| 2023 | 101 | #1,963 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 100 | #1,973 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,675 | 0.08 |
| 2020 | 127 | #1,641 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,559 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,761 | 0.07 |
| 2017 | 143 | #1,543 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 160 | #1,445 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 179 | #1,328 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 153 | #1,470 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 169 | #1,381 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 177 | #1,332 | 0.10 |
| 2011 | 162 | #1,413 | 0.09 |
| 2010 | 179 | #1,316 | 0.10 |
| 2009 | 207 | #1,210 | 0.11 |
| 2008 | 252 | #1,042 | 0.13 |
| 2007 | 292 | #928 | 0.15 |
| 2006 | 331 | #822 | 0.17 |
| 2005 | 313 | #822 | 0.17 |
| 2004 | 346 | #756 | 0.19 |
| 2003 | 354 | #724 | 0.19 |
| 2002 | 390 | #649 | 0.22 |
| 2001 | 432 | #587 | 0.24 |
| 2000 | 477 | #547 | 0.26 |
| 1999 | 521 | #502 | 0.29 |
| 1998 | 637 | #416 | 0.36 |
| 1997 | 726 | #372 | 0.42 |
| 1996 | 814 | #342 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 823 | #327 | 0.47 |
| 1994 | 971 | #284 | 0.54 |
| 1993 | 918 | #297 | 0.51 |
| 1992 | 878 | #315 | 0.48 |
| 1991 | 1,016 | #270 | 0.54 |
| 1990 | 1,005 | #275 | 0.53 |
| 1989 | 1,053 | #256 | 0.57 |
| 1988 | 1,119 | #237 | 0.63 |
| 1987 | 1,216 | #217 | 0.70 |
| 1986 | 1,074 | #242 | 0.63 |
| 1985 | 1,133 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1984 | 1,082 | #236 | 0.64 |
| 1983 | 1,166 | #217 | 0.70 |
| 1982 | 1,369 | #198 | 0.81 |
| 1981 | 1,349 | #200 | 0.81 |
| 1980 | 1,453 | #185 | 0.88 |
| 1979 | 1,396 | #192 | 0.87 |
| 1978 | 1,457 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1977 | 1,589 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,399 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,454 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,452 | #182 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,397 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,595 | #178 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,994 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,166 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,057 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 2,193 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1967 | 2,244 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 1966 | 2,248 | #155 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,326 | #161 | 1.3 |
| 1964 | 2,555 | #154 | 1.3 |
| 1963 | 2,621 | #152 | 1.4 |
| 1962 | 2,804 | #151 | 1.4 |
| 1961 | 2,894 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 1960 | 2,898 | #146 | 1.4 |
| 1959 | 2,734 | #156 | 1.4 |
| 1958 | 2,385 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1957 | 2,393 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1956 | 2,504 | #151 | 1.2 |
| 1955 | 2,325 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,298 | #153 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 2,020 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1952 | 1,882 | #167 | 1.0 |
| 1951 | 1,484 | #193 | 0.82 |
| 1950 | 1,283 | #208 | 0.75 |
| 1949 | 1,404 | #194 | 0.82 |
| 1948 | 1,601 | #174 | 0.94 |
| 1947 | 1,862 | #155 | 1.1 |
| 1946 | 1,386 | #185 | 0.88 |
| 1945 | 948 | #207 | 0.73 |
| 1944 | 763 | #235 | 0.57 |
| 1943 | 697 | #265 | 0.50 |
| 1942 | 542 | #291 | 0.40 |
| 1941 | 398 | #332 | 0.33 |
| 1940 | 298 | #390 | 0.26 |
| 1939 | 300 | #380 | 0.27 |
| 1938 | 244 | #430 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 218 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1936 | 146 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1935 | 143 | #538 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 113 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1933 | 90 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 99 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1931 | 67 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 86 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 74 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 66 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 66 | #921 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 80 | #822 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 69 | #894 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 64 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 64 | #920 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 55 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 52 | #1,053 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 38 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,495 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 29 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 22 | #1,679 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,656 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,315 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,338 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,779 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,761 | 0.02 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,627 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Toni a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 101,762 Americans recorded as Toni, 98% are girls and 2% boys. In 2025 it went to 81 girls and 8 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Toni: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Toni, and how old are they?
86,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 101,762 Americans ever recorded as Toni. The median Toni alive today is 58 years old; half are between 43 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 81,026 people named Toni (79,247 women and girls, 1,779 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 90,183 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,340 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 32,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,600 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 16,800 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,950 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,800 |
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 Toni born?
The states with the most babies named Toni are California, New York and Texas, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 10,856 | #2,265 | 1.1× |
| New York | 7,602 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Texas | 6,454 | #2,896 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 5,341 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 5,057 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,392 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 4,387 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Florida | 3,303 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 3,084 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 2,780 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Toni is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Toni is most over-represented in Wyoming: since 1910 it was given 1.4 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 Toni with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 252,076 babies since 1880, Toni is the second most given (40% of them). In 2025 it was given to 89 of their 111 babies (80%), the most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Toni
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 Toni and names like it
- Compare Toni and TonyaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sToni peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Toni since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Toni.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Toni alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.