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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tona

Tona was the 14779th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1478th with 59 babies. More babies were named Tona in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#14,779 girls
Babies in 2025
6girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
196459 babies
Total since 1880
1,427babies recorded

Tona popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#14,7796
2020——
2010——
2000#11,7278
1990#12,8566
1980#3,98520
1970#2,01442
1960#1,85438
1950#2,11822
1940#3,4848
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tona, counting every spelling?

Tona has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Tona?

6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tona (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tona born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tona.

Chance of another Tona in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Tona?

About 1,200 people born in the US named Tona are alive today, with a median age of 60; half are between 51 and 68. That makes Tona a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Tona by state

How common Tona was among girls born in each state in 1962–1966, around its peak. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesKY0.04West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNC0.02South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tona, girls, 1962–1966. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Tona: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tona, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tona

How popular is the name Tona?

Tona was the 14779th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1964, when it ranked 1478th with 59 babies. More babies were named Tona in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tona a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tona in the US.

Where was Tona most popular?

In 1962–1966, Tona was most common in Kentucky (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and California.