Girls' name · since 2001
Toniyah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Toniyah, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Toniyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 92 recorded since 2001.
Toniyah has 92 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2015.
- #28,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Toniyah ranks #28,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Toniyah's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Toniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Toniyah's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Toniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2015
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Toniyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (80 births, 87% of the file).
2000s was Toniyah's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Toniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 80 births (87% of all-time use).
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- Toniyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Toniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2001–2015 (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 Toniyah 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.