Tonishia — girls' name
87 babies named Tonishia in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
87 girls have been named Tonishia since 1973, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 87
- total births
- 1973–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 45%
- born in that decade
45% of everyone ever named Tonishia was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Tonishia in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tonishia
The Social Security Administration has registered 87 babies named Tonishia between 1973 and 1993, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonishia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonishia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tonishia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tonishia 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 87 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.
Tonishia at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tonishia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1973
- Peak year (1977)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
87 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 10 births in a single year.
Tonishia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 45% of Tonishia's all-time total
Tonishia decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tonishia's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% 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, 1973–1993 (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.