# Tonya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tonya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tonia, Tonja |
| US babies named this | 120,856 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 435 / 120,421 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 3,834 |
| 2012 | 34 | 4,378 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,306 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,442 |
| 2015 | 29 | 4,845 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,884 |
| 2017 | 23 | 5,650 |
| 2018 | 23 | 5,603 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9,070 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,196 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,154 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,998 |
| 2023 | 8 | 12,098 |
| 2024 | 18 | 6,620 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,412 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 29 | 1,644 |
| 1973 | 28 | 1,693 |
| 1974 | 35 | 1,500 |
| 1975 | 30 | 1,699 |
| 1976 | 25 | 1,993 |
| 1977 | 20 | 2,353 |
| 1978 | 16 | 2,790 |
| 1979 | 17 | 2,769 |
| 1980 | 6 | 6,180 |
| 1981 | 13 | 3,394 |
| 1982 | 10 | 4,209 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,467 |
| 1984 | 6 | 6,258 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,467 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,885 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,914 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |

## People named Tonya

- Tonya Harding, American figure skater
- Tonya Pinkins, actress, singer, writer, activist, author
- Tonya Williams, Canadian actress, producer, and activist (born 1958)
- Tonya Kinzinger, American actress
- Tonya Evinger, American mixed martial artist
- Tonya Edwards, American basketball player-coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.