How Many People Are Named Tonna?
An estimated 649 people in the United States have the first name Tonna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 56 years old, and Tonna peaked in popularity in 1966 with 33 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tonna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tonna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
649
About 1 in 528,127 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
56
years old
Peak Year
1966
33 births
Total Registered
799
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tonna
Tonna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 799 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tonna as a female name
Ranked #20,251 in 2008
5 female births in 2008
Peak: 1966 (33 births)
Tonna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tonna span from the 1940s to the 2000s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 231 babies were registered. Tonna has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tonna by Decade
How has Tonna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tonna by State
Tonna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tonna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tonna
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tonna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tonna?
We estimate approximately 649 people named Tonna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 528,127 Americans share this first name.
Is Tonna a common name?
Tonna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 799 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tonna most popular?
Tonna reached peak popularity in 1966, when 33 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tonna is approximately 56 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tonna a female name?
Tonna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tonna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tonna Smith, Tonna Johnson, Tonna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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