girl's name

Tonia

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 22,617

Ireland

#564

1986 births

Tonia is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1971, when 1,431 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Tonia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

9,973
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tonia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 18
1920s 40
1930s 170
1940s 509
1950s 1,662
1960s 6,741
1970s 9,973
1980s 2,080
1990s 682
2000s 254
2010s 102
2020s (to 2025) 16

How popular is Tonia?

In 2025, Tonia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Tonia is used

Ireland #564 3 in 1986
Scotland #691 3 in 1996
Canada #1,488 11 in 1998
France #6,697 5 in 2016
England & Wales #6,853 3 in 2017
United States #15,853 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tonia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tonia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tonia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tonia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tonia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tonia

How popular is the name Tonia?

In 2025, Tonia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Tonia a girl's or a boy's name?

Tonia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Tonia?

Tonia has 3 syllables.

When was Tonia most popular?

Tonia peaked in 1971, when 1,431 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Tonia a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tonia currently ranks #15,853 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.