Tonie
Tonie was last recorded in 2023, when 9 babies were given it; 3,256 Americans have been recorded with it between 1886 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,490 Americans named Tonie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 45 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tonie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tonie?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #11,092, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
87 babies in 1960, the peak
Tonie peaked in 1960, when 87 babies were given it (81 girls, #1,217 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #11,092 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | #11,885 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | #19,319 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 11 | #10,407 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,725 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,489 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 11 | #10,558 | 5 | #13,825 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,984 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 9 | #11,547 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,549 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 | #13,502 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,287 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,542 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 22 | #5,023 | 6 | #9,798 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,693 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,704 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,571 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,203 | under 5 | |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,227 | 5 | #10,121 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,240 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 31 | #3,570 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,198 | 9 | #5,889 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,680 | 5 | #9,369 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,883 | 6 | #7,823 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,575 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,270 | 7 | #6,032 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,615 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,612 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,518 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 19 | #4,101 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,529 | 7 | #5,575 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,142 | 5 | #7,205 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,498 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 40 | #2,385 | under 5 | |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,471 | 6 | #5,710 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,710 | 11 | #3,585 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,599 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,095 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,998 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,976 | 7 | #4,463 |
| 1972 | 54 | #1,669 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,574 | 5 | #5,595 |
| 1970 | 58 | #1,635 | 13 | #2,727 |
| 1969 | 68 | #1,422 | 15 | #2,297 |
| 1968 | 66 | #1,385 | 7 | #3,652 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,819 | 11 | #2,595 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,763 | 8 | #3,229 |
| 1965 | 57 | #1,484 | 14 | #2,260 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,460 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1963 | 63 | #1,416 | 13 | #2,404 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,492 | 10 | #2,835 |
| 1961 | 67 | #1,372 | 12 | #2,530 |
| 1960 | 81 | #1,217 | 6 | #4,011 |
| 1959 | 74 | #1,253 | 5 | #4,526 |
| 1958 | 74 | #1,238 | 8 | #3,248 |
| 1957 | 76 | #1,217 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1956 | 68 | #1,270 | 7 | #3,515 |
| 1955 | 69 | #1,218 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,365 | 5 | #4,322 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,273 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,348 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 54 | #1,273 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 53 | #1,274 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,372 | 5 | #4,162 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,492 | 6 | #3,636 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,375 | 7 | #3,349 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,855 | 5 | #3,978 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,582 | 5 | #3,740 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,310 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,587 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1942 | 19 | #2,039 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,091 | 5 | #3,962 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,957 | 5 | #3,899 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,118 | under 5 | |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,564 | under 5 | |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,088 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,377 | 5 | #4,006 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,136 | 7 | #3,236 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,420 | under 5 | |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,144 | under 5 | |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,481 | under 5 | |
| 1931 | 9 | #3,198 | 5 | #4,278 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,677 | under 5 | |
| 1929 | 7 | #4,013 | 5 | #4,492 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,938 | under 5 | |
| 1927 | 18 | #2,162 | 6 | #4,174 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,858 | under 5 | |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,925 | under 5 | |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,815 | under 5 | |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,336 | under 5 | |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,351 | under 5 | |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,136 | 8 | #3,486 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,575 | under 5 | |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,775 | 7 | #3,708 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,248 | 7 | #3,683 |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,048 | 10 | #2,713 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,519 | under 5 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 6 | #3,789 | |
| 1914 | 7 | #3,153 | under 5 | |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,940 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,418 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,438 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,523 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,271 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Tonie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,256 Americans recorded as Tonie, 89% are girls and 11% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Tonie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tonie, and how old are they?
2,490 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 3,256 Americans ever recorded as Tonie. The median Tonie alive today is 58 years old; half are between 45 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 2,220 people named Tonie (1,909 women and girls, 311 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,645 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% 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 | 115 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 960 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 759 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 459 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 173 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 18 |
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 Tonie born?
The states with the most babies named Tonie are California, Texas and North Carolina, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 184 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Texas | 167 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 42 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Georgia | 37 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New Mexico | 33 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 28 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Louisiana | 21 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
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 Tonie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Tonie?
Tonie is a less common spelling of Toni: SSA has recorded 3,256 Tonie and 101,762 Toni since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 252,076 babies since 1880, Tonie is the fourth most given (1.3% of them). In 2025 none of their 111 babies recorded by SSA was a Tonie (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
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 Tonie
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 Tonie and names like it
- Compare Tonie and ToniBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sTonie peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tonie since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Tonie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Tonie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.