Girls' name · since 1983
Tonnisha
Tonnisha has 27 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
27 girls have been named Tonnisha since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tonnisha has been recorded 27 times among girls since 1983, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1995.
- #42,476 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 27 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tonnisha ranks #42,476 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #42,476 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 27
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tonnisha's 27 recorded births place it above 41.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tonnisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tonnisha's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1983, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tonnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1995
- Peak year (1989)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tonnisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Tonnisha's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Tonnisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (56% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tonnisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1983–1995 (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 Tonnisha 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.