Girls' name · since 1971
Toniqua
122 babies named Toniqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,976 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
122 girls have been named Toniqua since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Toniqua recorded 122 times among girls since 1971, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1999.
- #24,976 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toniqua ranks #24,976 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,976 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Toniqua's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Toniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Toniqua splits its recorded history at 1990: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Toniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1999
- Peak year (1991)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Toniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 69% of the file).
1990s was Toniqua's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Toniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (69% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Toniqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1971–1999 (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 Toniqua 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.