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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tonisha

Tonisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 1252nd with 138 babies. More babies were named Tonisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1993138 babies
Total since 1880
2,224babies recorded

Tonisha popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#5,30122
1990#1,467107
1980#1,55076
1970#4,74312
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Tonisha, counting every spelling?

Tonisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tonisha?

About 2,200 people born in the US named Tonisha are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 33 and 45. That makes Tonisha mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

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.

Tonisha by state

How common Tonisha was among girls born in each state in 1991–1995, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (4.2×), Illinois (1.9×), Florida (1.6×). In 34 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: 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: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesIL0.12Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNY0.04Massachusetts: 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMO0.08Kentucky: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesKY0.11West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesVA0.04Maryland: 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: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesTN0.26North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesSC0.12District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesGA0.05Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tonisha, girls, 1991–1995. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tonisha

How popular is the name Tonisha?

Tonisha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 1252nd with 138 babies. More babies were named Tonisha in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Tonisha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,224 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tonisha most popular?

In 1991–1995, Tonisha was most common in Tennessee (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Illinois.