How popular is the name Tonya?

Tonya ranks 170th among girls' names in US records, with 267,181 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,259.

Is Tonya a unisex name?

No. Tonya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1972, when 13,213 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Tanya, Tania. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#170 of girl names

Pronounced T AA1 N Y AH0 (ARPABET)

Tonya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 267,181 children — the 170th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 69% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1972, when 13,213 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Tanya and Tania — because they are pronounced identically.

1972Girls: 13,213Boys: 50

These spellings sound identical to Tonya and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Tonya?: Tonya ranks 170th among girls' names in US records, with 267,181 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,259.
Is Tonya a unisex name?: No. Tonya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Tonya most popular?: 1972, when 13,213 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Tonya spelled?: Tanya, Tania. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.