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Tonja

Used in both girl and boy records

Tonja appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Tonja by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDTonja as a girl’s nameUS records 1940–2005
#1761girl rank1967peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDTonja as a boy’s nameUS records 1969–1969
#38683boy rank1969peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Tonja in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl1967512 uses#40819671940–200562 listed years
Boy19695 uses#440519691969–19691 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.