Girls' name · since 1909
Tosca
Tosca has 372 recorded births since 1909 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1909
- 1970s
- peak decade
372 girls have been named Tosca since 1909, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tosca has 372 recorded births among girls since 1909, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2003.
- #14,144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 372 born since 1909
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tosca ranks #14,144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 372 born since 1909, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 372
- born since 1909
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tosca's 372 recorded births place it above 80.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Tosca's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tosca's full recorded timeline at 1962, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1974 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tosca popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2003
- Peak year (1974)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Tosca by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (90 births, 24% of the file).
1970s was Tosca's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Tosca births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s
1910s
61 births
- 1920s
1920s
84 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s
1960s
62 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 90 births (24% of all-time use).
Tosca by state
Where Tosca concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 7.5% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
28 of 372 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Tosca's data
- Tosca's decade-level peak was the 1970s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Toscas (28 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tosca: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~94 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, 1909–2003 (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 Tosca 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.