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Toni

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
TOH-nee
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,256 for girls

Toni is a name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).

What does Toni mean?

Latin: short form of Antonia or Antoinette

A short form of Antonia and Antoinette, from the Roman family name Antonius; borne by novelist Toni Morrison.

More on Wiktionary.

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

In recent years, Toni has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 81 girls and 8 boys in the US.

How popular is Toni in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Toni, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 483 girls.

Half of all the girls named Toni in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2004. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2022, 77% of the babies named Toni in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1984 (#100) and 1994 (#100).

1996Busiest: 483 in 19972025
Toni in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20243#5,966
20236#3,766
202210#2,615
202114#2,069
20209#2,766
201912#2,275
20187#3,344
201712#2,336
201611#2,510
201519#1,684
201425#1,377
201322#1,505
201234#1,104
201139#977
201056#716
200960#674
200863#648
2007102#442
2006104#428
2005128#345
2004135#328
2003152#297
2002167#271
2001234#197
2000242#200
1999323#163
1998387#138
1997483#117
1996458#108

How popular is Toni in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,256among girls
Babies in 2025
81about 1 in 20,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 30% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Toni, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,632nd. Its busiest year was 1960, with 2,898 girls. It first appears in the records in 1907. 8 boys were also named Toni in 2025 (8,906th for boys).

2025 had fewer girls named Toni than any year since 1931.

Half of all the girls named Toni in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 91% of the babies named Toni in the US were girls.

1907Busiest: 2,898 in 19602025
Toni in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202581#2,256
202488#2,150
2023101#1,946
2022100#1,961
2021125#1,667
2020127#1,632
2019139#1,548
2018117#1,748
2017143#1,534
2016160#1,439
2015179#1,326
2014153#1,464
2013169#1,378
2012177#1,326
2011162#1,409
2010179#1,311
2009207#1,207
2008252#1,038
2007292#926
2006331#821
2005313#821
2004346#754
2003354#723
2002390#647
2001432#587
2000477#545
1999521#499
1998637#416
1997726#372
1996814#341
1995823#327
1994971#284
1993918#297
1992878#315
19911,016#270
19901,005#275
19891,053#256
19881,119#237
19871,216#217
19861,074#242
19851,133#228
19841,082#235
19831,166#216
19821,369#198
19811,349#200
19801,453#185
19791,396#192
19781,457#178
19771,589#172
19761,399#183
19751,454#179
19741,452#181
19731,397#189
19721,595#178
19711,994#159
19702,166#156
19692,057#159
19682,193#145
19672,244#153
19662,248#155
19652,326#161
19642,555#154
19632,621#152
19622,804#151
19612,894#149
19602,898#146
19592,734#156
19582,385#163
19572,393#158
19562,504#151
19552,325#158
19542,298#153
19532,020#162
19521,882#167
19511,484#193
19501,283#208
19491,404#194
19481,601#174
19471,862#155
19461,386#185
1945948#206
1944763#235
1943697#265
1942542#291
1941398#332
1940298#389
1939300#380
1938244#428
1937218#445
1936146#538
1935143#536
1934113#625
193390#683
193299#678
193167#838
193086#755
192974#822
192866#902
192766#917
192680#814
192569#890
192464#951
192364#912
192255#1,008
192152#1,045
192043#1,152
191938#1,216
191829#1,451
191729#1,377
191622#1,630
191518#1,799
191417#1,603
19139#2,163
19128#2,143
19119#1,656
19109#1,634
19090–
19080–
19078#1,512

Names like Toni

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Names related to Toni

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Toni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/toni, updated 20 October 2026.