Tonya — #6404 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tonya

The Social Security Administration has registered 120,412 babies named Tonya between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tonya currently holds the #6404 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 7,243 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tonya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 57,789 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tonya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 8,203 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Tonya in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tonya 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 120,412 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.