Tonya was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #36 in 1973 but is far less common today.
Tonya is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,412 for girl births in the United States (and #15,991 across all names), given to 11 babies. Tonya was first reported in SSA data in 1923 and peaked in 1972 (7,244 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | #9,412 | — |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #6,620 | — |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #12,098 | — |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #7,998 | — |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | #6,154 | — |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | #7,196 | — |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #9,070 | — |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | #5,603 | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 23 | #5,650 | — |
| 2016 | 18 | 18 | #6,884 | — |
| 2015 | 29 | 29 | #4,845 | — |
| 2014 | 25 | 25 | #5,442 | — |
| 2013 | 26 | 26 | #5,306 | — |
| 2012 | 34 | 34 | #4,378 | — |
| 2011 | 40 | 40 | #3,834 | — |
| 2010 | 49 | 49 | #3,357 | — |
| 2009 | 44 | 44 | #3,672 | — |
| 2008 | 58 | 58 | #3,014 | — |
| 2007 | 55 | 55 | #3,163 | — |
| 2006 | 45 | 45 | #3,560 | — |
| 2005 | 77 | 77 | #2,341 | — |
| 2004 | 67 | 67 | #2,525 | — |
| 2003 | 100 | 100 | #1,857 | — |
| 2002 | 88 | 88 | #2,003 | — |
| 2001 | 103 | 103 | #1,747 | — |
| 2000 | 138 | 138 | #1,362 | — |
| 1999 | 147 | 147 | #1,270 | — |
| 1998 | 141 | 141 | #1,284 | — |
| 1997 | 222 | — | #906 | — |
| 1996 | 219 | — | #900 | — |
| 1995 | 273 | — | #749 | — |
| 1994 | 373 | — | #603 | — |
| 1993 | 432 | — | #551 | — |
| 1992 | 542 | — | #456 | — |
| 1991 | 590 | — | #430 | — |
| 1990 | 725 | — | #365 | — |
| 1989 | 830 | — | #310 | — |
| 1988 | 1,003 | — | #255 | — |
| 1987 | 1,189 | — | #227 | — |
| 1986 | 1,305 | — | #201 | #5,885 |
| 1985 | 1,648 | — | #172 | #6,467 |
| 1984 | 1,861 | — | #153 | #6,258 |
| 1983 | 1,965 | — | #147 | #4,467 |
| 1982 | 2,389 | — | #126 | #4,209 |
| 1981 | 2,768 | — | #110 | #3,394 |
| 1980 | 3,086 | — | #97 | #6,180 |
| 1979 | 3,512 | — | #86 | #2,769 |
| 1978 | 3,842 | — | #77 | #2,790 |
| 1977 | 4,283 | — | #64 | #2,353 |
| 1976 | 4,991 | — | #58 | #1,993 |
| 1975 | 5,926 | — | #45 | #1,699 |
| 1974 | 6,913 | — | #37 | #1,500 |
| 1973 | 7,212 | — | #36 | #1,693 |
| 1972 | 7,273 | — | #37 | #1,644 |
| 1971 | 6,925 | — | #45 | #1,703 |
| 1970 | 7,170 | — | #49 | #1,579 |
| 1969 | 6,191 | — | #54 | #1,802 |
| 1968 | 5,678 | — | #60 | #2,028 |
| 1967 | 5,191 | — | #68 | #1,504 |
| 1966 | 3,643 | — | #96 | #2,318 |
| 1965 | 2,982 | — | #129 | #2,262 |
| 1964 | 2,704 | — | #150 | #4,002 |
| 1963 | 2,382 | — | #167 | #2,406 |
| 1962 | 2,255 | — | #174 | #3,286 |
| 1961 | 1,839 | — | #199 | — |
| 1960 | 1,327 | — | #242 | — |
| 1959 | 1,073 | — | #268 | — |
| 1958 | 764 | — | #340 | — |
| 1957 | 644 | — | #357 | — |
| 1956 | 566 | — | #371 | — |
| 1955 | 402 | — | #449 | — |
| 1954 | 353 | — | #474 | — |
| 1953 | 294 | — | #507 | — |
| 1952 | 240 | — | #561 | — |
| 1951 | 205 | — | #602 | — |
| 1950 | 153 | — | #697 | — |
| 1949 | 134 | — | #741 | — |
| 1948 | 139 | — | #714 | — |
| 1947 | 152 | — | #684 | — |
| 1946 | 119 | — | #754 | — |
| 1945 | 101 | — | #748 | — |
| 1944 | 92 | — | #799 | — |
| 1943 | 66 | — | #985 | — |
| 1942 | 75 | — | #912 | — |
| 1941 | 31 | — | #1,417 | — |
| 1940 | 35 | — | #1,268 | — |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,788 | — |
| 1938 | 23 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,731 | — |
| 1936 | 23 | — | #1,589 | — |
| 1935 | 10 | — | #2,908 | — |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,721 | — |
| 1933 | 10 | — | #2,851 | — |
| 1930 | 5 | — | #5,190 | — |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #4,341 | — |