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Tonita

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Tonita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196550 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1911
1,102people given the name
Babies named Tonita, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

1,102 girls have been named Tonita in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1965, with 50 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 50 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1966, and the 1970s alone account for 23%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Tonita
1910s16
1920s33
1930s95
1940s107
1950s142
1960s248
1970s249
1980s152
1990s60

In 1965, its biggest year

Tonita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1965 were Lisa, Mary, Karen, Kimberly and Susan. See all of 1965.

Names that rose and fell with Tonita

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.