Tonnya — girls' name
72 babies named Tonnya in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
72 girls have been named Tonnya since 1959, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1973.
- 72
- total births
- 1959–1973
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Tonnya was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Tonnya in 1965 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tonnya
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Tonnya between 1959 and 1973, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonnya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonnya performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tonnya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tonnya 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 72 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.
Tonnya at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tonnya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1959
- Peak year (1965)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
72 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1965 with 14 births in a single year.
Tonnya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 44 births that decade — 61% of Tonnya's all-time total
Tonnya decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Tonnya's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% 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, 1959–1973 (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.