Tonya
Girl · TAHN-yuh · Latin
Tonya is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Tonya mean?
Latin: Russian pet form of Antonina; in the US also a variant of Tanya
In Russian Tonya is a pet form of Antonina; English speakers also treated it as a spelling of Tanya.
- Say it
- TAHN-yuh
Is Tonya a girl's or a boy's name?
Tonya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tonya 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 8 girls.
Tonya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
How popular is Tonya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Tonya, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 7,244 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Tonya in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 1978, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tonya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 44 | #3,618 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,994 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 100 | #1,844 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,736 |
| 2000 | 138 | #1,354 |
| 1999 | 147 | #1,256 |
| 1998 | 141 | #1,279 |
| 1997 | 222 | #904 |
| 1996 | 219 | #898 |
| 1995 | 273 | #745 |
| 1994 | 373 | #602 |
| 1993 | 432 | #550 |
| 1992 | 542 | #456 |
| 1991 | 590 | #429 |
| 1990 | 725 | #365 |
| 1989 | 830 | #310 |
| 1988 | 1,003 | #254 |
| 1987 | 1,189 | #227 |
| 1986 | 1,298 | #201 |
| 1985 | 1,642 | #172 |
| 1984 | 1,855 | #153 |
| 1983 | 1,956 | #147 |
| 1982 | 2,379 | #126 |
| 1981 | 2,755 | #110 |
| 1980 | 3,080 | #97 |
| 1979 | 3,495 | #86 |
| 1978 | 3,826 | #77 |
| 1977 | 4,263 | #64 |
| 1976 | 4,966 | #58 |
| 1975 | 5,896 | #45 |
| 1974 | 6,878 | #37 |
| 1973 | 7,184 | #36 |
| 1972 | 7,244 | #37 |
| 1971 | 6,897 | #45 |
| 1970 | 7,140 | #49 |
| 1969 | 6,169 | #54 |
| 1968 | 5,661 | #60 |
| 1967 | 5,164 | #68 |
| 1966 | 3,630 | #96 |
| 1965 | 2,968 | #129 |
| 1964 | 2,698 | #150 |
| 1963 | 2,369 | #167 |
| 1962 | 2,247 | #174 |
| 1961 | 1,839 | #199 |
| 1960 | 1,327 | #242 |
| 1959 | 1,073 | #268 |
| 1958 | 764 | #340 |
| 1957 | 644 | #357 |
| 1956 | 566 | #370 |
| 1955 | 402 | #447 |
| 1954 | 353 | #473 |
| 1953 | 294 | #506 |
| 1952 | 240 | #558 |
| 1951 | 205 | #597 |
| 1950 | 153 | #696 |
| 1949 | 134 | #736 |
| 1948 | 139 | #707 |
| 1947 | 152 | #682 |
| 1946 | 119 | #748 |
| 1945 | 101 | #741 |
| 1944 | 92 | #797 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 |
| 1942 | 75 | #902 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,596 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
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