Girls' name · since 1969
Tonica
Since 1969, U.S. Social Security records show 248 babies named Tonica, peaking in 1973. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tonica sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 248 recorded since 1969.
Tonica has 248 recorded births among girls since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 1991.
- #17,684 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 248 born since 1969
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tonica ranks #17,684 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 248 born since 1969, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,684 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 248
- born since 1969
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tonica's 248 recorded births place it above 75.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tonica's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tonica splits its recorded history at 1981: 37% of all births land in the more recent half, 63% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tonica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1991
- Peak year (1973)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Tonica by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (129 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Tonica's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tonica births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
129 births
- 1980s
1980s
94 births
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 129 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Tonica's decade-level peak was the 1970s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 1990s -- 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 Tonica: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1969–1991 (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 Tonica 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.