Toni
Pronounced T OW1 N IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1960
- 139 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Toni?
Toni is a girls' name, and first appears in 1886. It has been given to 106,106 children — the 347th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 44% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1960, when 3,044 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Tonie, Tony and Toney — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Toni and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Tonie
- Tony
- Toney
Nicknames
Toni is itself a short form of Antoinette and Antonia.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T OW1 N IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Toni
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Toni
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Toni?
- Toni ranks 347th among girls' names in US records, with 106,106 births since 1886. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,296.
- Is Toni a unisex name?
- No. Toni is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Toni most popular?
- 1960, when 3,044 children were given the name. It has been in use for 139 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Toni spelled?
- Tonie, Tony, Toney. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.