Tonya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tonya: Recorded since 1970, it reached #409 in 1990, and it was last ranked in 2005.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#409highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2005

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#3824
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#3247
2002	#4137
2005	#4798

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 Republic of Ireland in 9 of the 27 years from 1970 to 1996.

In 1996: #534 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1914 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1970–2005 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1970
First recorded at #447 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1970 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1970–1996
Highest recorded position: #409 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1990 (recorded 1970–1996).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2005
Most recently recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005.
England and Wales · Girls

Tonya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 9 years beginning in 1970, and has registered 32 births with the name.

Tonya 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.

Tonya'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#447 (1970)	#409 (1990)	#534 (1996)	9 of 27	32 (1970–1996)	5 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1914 (1996)	#4798 (2005)	7 of 10	28 (1996–2005)	8 (1996)

Tonya by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Tonya in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	6	2 of 10	3
1980s	14	4 of 10	4
1990s	12	3 of 10	4

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Tonya 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 1970 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 1990.

Tonya'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
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#409	5	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#466	3	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	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 1970 and 2005, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #409, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 26 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
8 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,798position in 2005, its most recent recorded year
26 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 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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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.

Abiola · #409, 18y
Catalin · #409, 12y
Collins · #409, 17y
Kaelin · #409, 13y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Sharleen · #407, 16y
Tonia · #406, 17y
Shirin · #414, 40y
Charleen · #420, 13y

Tonya was ranked #409 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1990. 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.

Tonya 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 Tonya without appearing here.

Tonya moved ahead of

Camilla Compare
In 1989 they stood at #456 and #456 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1990 that had become #409 and #517.
Debra Compare
In 1990 they stood at #409 and #336 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #457 and #515.
Dianne Compare
In 1990 they stood at #456 and #421 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1991 that had become #457 and #515.

Moved ahead of Tonya

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #938.
Cameron Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2350 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #983.
Kai Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1126.
Ada Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1914 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1543.

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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 1970 to 2005. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tonya

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Popularity journey

Tonya across 2 official records

Tonya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Tonya at a glance

Tonya across 2 official records

Tonya by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Tonya appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Tonya

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