Tonika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tonika

The Social Security Administration has registered 853 babies named Tonika between 1971 and 2000, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tonika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 49 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Tonika in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tonika 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 853 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.