Tonita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tonita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,102 babies named Tonita between 1911 and 1999, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 50 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 249 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Tonita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Mexico and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Tonita in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tonita 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 1,102 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.