Tonya
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Feminine Form Of Anthony
- Origin
- English
Tonya Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 435 baby boys have been named Tonya. The name peaked in 1974 with 35 US births that year (rank #1500).
Top States for Tonya
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Tonya births are: Tennessee (5).
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5-Letter Names Starting with T
Names with Tonya's exact length and starting letter: Taavi, Taban, Taber, Tabia, Tabor.
Quick Facts About Tonya
US Popularity History (1966–1980)
Annual US births named Tonya by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 1972 with 7,243 girls named Tonya (girl rank #37 that year).
Where it stands today: in 1980, ranked #97 for girls (3,081 US births). That's 60 places below its 1972 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Variant Forms
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Compare Tonya to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Tonya against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).