Girls' name · since 1950
Tonye
68 babies named Tonye in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
68 girls have been named Tonye since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tonye has 68 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1992.
- #31,538 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tonye ranks #31,538 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,538 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Tonye's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tonye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tonye's full recorded timeline at 1971, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tonye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1992
- Peak year (1964)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Tonye by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (27 births, 40% of the file).
1950s was Tonye's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Tonye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 27 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Tonye's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1990s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tonye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1950–1992 (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 Tonye 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.