Tonia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tonia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tonia: Recorded since 1975, its highest recorded position is #406, and it was last ranked in 2017.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
43years from first to last
#406highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2017

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2000	#2416
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#4373
2004	#4598
2010	#5707
2012	#5876
2017	#5765

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 22 years from 1996 to 2017.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2017 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #406 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1975–1986
Highest recorded position: #406 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1975 (recorded 1975–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2017
Most recently recorded at #5765 among girls in England and Wales, in 2017.
England and Wales · Girls

Tonia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 12 ranked years and 46 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1975.

Tonia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tonia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#5765 (2017)	12 of 22	46 (1996–2017)	6 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#406 (1975)	#406 (1975)	#521 (1986)	5 of 12	17 (1975–1986)	5 (1975)

Tonia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tonia in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	18	4 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	9	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tonia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #406 in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Tonia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#497	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2017, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #406, first reached in 1975.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

5decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 5 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,765position in 2017, its most recent recorded year
21 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
6births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Tonje · #15, 69y
Tønnes · #338, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aayat · #405, 19y
Darcie-Leigh · #407, 14y
Ignas · #407, 16y
Liane · #407, 19y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Sharleen · #407, 16y
Tonya · #409, 15y
Shirin · #414, 40y
Davida · #396, 10y

Tonia was ranked #406 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1975. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tonia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tonia without appearing here.

Moved ahead of Tonia

Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1392.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2416 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #3409 and #2105.
Luca Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #2407.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2411 and #1958.

Moved the opposite way to Tonia

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 while Ada went from #2683 to #114.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 while Alma went from #2096 to #413.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 while Alyssa went from #783 to #242.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 while Amalie went from #2096 to #740.

Moved the same way as Tonia

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 and Abigail from #21 to #73.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 and Aimee from #70 to #448.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 and Aisling from #440 to #1681.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Girls, Tonia went from #3126 to #5765 and Alex from #161 to #1411.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2017. Highest recorded position: #406 in Republic of Ireland in 1975. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tonia

Tonia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tonia across 2 official records

Tonia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tonia appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Tonia and the names beside it

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Tonia at a glance

Tonia across 2 official records

Tonia by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tonia appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Tonia

Tonia and the names beside it

Moved ahead of Tonia

Moved the opposite way to Tonia

Moved the same way as Tonia