How Many People Are Named Tonja?
people named Tonja are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 54,028 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,994 babies named Tonja in Social Security records from 1940 to 2005, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
512 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Tonja (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tonja alive today is about 56 years old, and 70% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 52 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tonja first appears in the records in 1940 and was given most often in 1967, to 512 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2005.
Babies given the name each year, 1940 to 2005
🏆 Rank History
Tonja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #408, in 1967.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #408 (1967) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #533 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tonja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tonja were born in Texas than in any other state: about 604 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tonja was given 2.7 times as often in Alabama, 2.3 times in Oklahoma and 2.2 times in Georgia.
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