Toniesha — girls' name
147 babies named Toniesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
147 girls have been named Toniesha since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2001.
- 147
- total births
- 1981–2001
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Toniesha was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Toniesha in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Toniesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Toniesha between 1981 and 2001, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Toniesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Toniesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Toniesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Toniesha 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 147 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.
Toniesha at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Toniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1981
- Peak year (1994)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
147 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 13 births in a single year.
Toniesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 90 births that decade — 61% of Toniesha's all-time total
Toniesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 90 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Toniesha's strongest decade
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1981–2001 (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.