Tonia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TOHN-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Tonia is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Tonia mean?
Latin: short form of Antonia
Antonia is the feminine of the Roman family name Antonius, whose original meaning is unknown.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tonia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tonia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tonia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tonia 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.
Tonia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 2 | #6,613 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Tonia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Tonia, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 1,429 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Tonia in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tonia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 62 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 45 | #2,710 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 73 | #1,924 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,549 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 111 | #1,367 |
| 1988 | 119 | #1,245 |
| 1987 | 134 | #1,115 |
| 1986 | 155 | #997 |
| 1985 | 188 | #856 |
| 1984 | 166 | #898 |
| 1983 | 230 | #724 |
| 1982 | 268 | #663 |
| 1981 | 312 | #590 |
| 1980 | 397 | #507 |
| 1979 | 462 | #443 |
| 1978 | 561 | #376 |
| 1977 | 723 | #326 |
| 1976 | 808 | #285 |
| 1975 | 957 | #255 |
| 1974 | 1,174 | #219 |
| 1973 | 1,119 | #227 |
| 1972 | 1,280 | #217 |
| 1971 | 1,425 | #211 |
| 1970 | 1,429 | #219 |
| 1969 | 1,318 | #228 |
| 1968 | 1,148 | #241 |
| 1967 | 1,061 | #258 |
| 1966 | 679 | #345 |
| 1965 | 490 | #423 |
| 1964 | 492 | #440 |
| 1963 | 398 | #488 |
| 1962 | 413 | #477 |
| 1961 | 377 | #501 |
| 1960 | 347 | #519 |
| 1959 | 308 | #555 |
| 1958 | 299 | #566 |
| 1957 | 230 | #646 |
| 1956 | 184 | #704 |
| 1955 | 157 | #759 |
| 1954 | 109 | #920 |
| 1953 | 105 | #920 |
| 1952 | 105 | #901 |
| 1951 | 90 | #981 |
| 1950 | 75 | #1,063 |
| 1949 | 74 | #1,037 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 82 | #974 |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,191 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,278 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,314 |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,168 |
| 1942 | 37 | #1,325 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,200 |
| 1937 | 29 | #1,355 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 24 | #1,514 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
Nicknames for Tonia
- Toni 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Tonia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marnie, Holly, Robyn, Tara, Laura, Jessica, Victoria, Tania, Francesca, Tia, Trisha, Amber
Names related to Tonia
Toni, Teona, Tiona, Teoni, Toni-Ann, Tonie, Tonya, Tionna, Toniann
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Tonia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tonia, updated 20 October 2026.