girls' name ★ peaked 1960

Toni

Gender Girl · 2% boys Rank 2025 #2,274 Trend ↓ Falling 28%

A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.

Rank 2025
#2,274
among girls · ↓99 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
89
named Toni · -12% vs 2024
How common
1 in 19,843
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1960
2,930 babies
All-time total
101,762
#377 all-time among girls
First recorded
1907
in Social Security records

Toni popularity over time

101,762 babies have been named Toni since 1907, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s 8 – 8 1 – #1,627
1910s 188 11 199 20 +2387% #1,238
1920s 633 17 650 65 +227% #822
1930s 1,506 56 1,562 156 +140% #380
1940s 9,899 85 9,984 998 +539% #155
1950s 21,308 128 21,436 2,144 +115% #151
1960s 24,840 250 25,090 2,509 +17% #145
1970s 15,899 276 16,175 1,618 -36% #156
1980s 12,014 215 12,229 1,223 -24% #185
1990s 8,309 220 8,529 853 -30% #270
2000s 3,394 146 3,540 354 -58% #547
2010s 1,578 101 1,679 168 -53% #1,316
2020s (to 2025) 622 59 681 114 -32% #1,641

Where Toni is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 77 0.05 outside top 500
2027 74 0.05 outside top 500
2028 71 0.04 outside top 500
2029 69 0.04 outside top 500
2030 67 0.04 outside top 500

Where Toni is most popular

Girls named Toni per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.061 per 1,000. Strongest in Georgia, Tennessee, and California.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Toni born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Georgia 30 0.132 +116%
Tennessee 12 0.076 +24%
California 63 0.075 +23%
Texas 49 0.061 ≈ national
South Carolina 5 0.056 -9%
Michigan 10 0.055 -10%
Florida 20 0.047 -23%
Pennsylvania 10 0.042 -31%
Missouri 5 0.041 -32%
New York 10 0.025 -59%
North Carolina 5 0.022 -64%
Illinois 5 0.022 -64%
Ohio 5 0.021 -65%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Minnesota – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Virginia – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Toni

Toni is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,274 in 2025 with 81 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1907, 101,762 American babies have been named Toni. Its peak came in 1960, when 2,930 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1960s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Toni stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Toni?

The median living Toni is about 57 years old; half are between 43 and 67. An estimated 89 thousand people named Toni are alive in the United States today.

median 57 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Toni year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 81 #2,274 8 #9,621
2024 88 #2,175 13 #6,792
2023 101 #1,963 10 #8,197
2022 100 #1,973 7 #10,744
2021 125 #1,675 13 #6,644
2020 127 #1,641 8 #9,482
2019 139 #1,559 6 #12,004
2018 117 #1,761 13 #6,670
2017 143 #1,543 12 #7,060
2016 160 #1,445 10 #8,093
2015 179 #1,328 11 #7,454
2014 153 #1,470 9 #8,724
2013 169 #1,381 9 #8,702
2012 177 #1,332 9 #8,798
2011 162 #1,413 15 #5,918
2010 179 #1,316 7 #10,656
2009 207 #1,210 7 #10,866
2008 252 #1,042 14 #6,365
2007 292 #928 8 #9,689
2006 331 #822 18 #5,054
2005 313 #822 13 #6,182
2004 346 #756 19 #4,587
2003 354 #724 19 #4,403
2002 390 #649 16 #4,892
2001 432 #587 15 #5,117
2000 477 #547 17 #4,552
1995 823 #327 27 #2,755
1990 1,005 #275 27 #2,548
1985 1,133 #228 21 #2,497
1980 1,453 #185 23 #2,279
1975 1,454 #179 35 #1,527
1970 2,166 #156 30 #1,578
1965 2,326 #161 18 #1,913
1960 2,898 #146 32 #1,430
1955 2,325 #158 17 #1,973
1950 1,283 #208 7 #3,300
1945 948 #207 7 #2,977
1940 298 #390 6 #3,435
1935 143 #538 7 #3,235
1930 86 #759 6 #3,961
1925 69 #894 – –
1920 43 #1,168 – –
1915 18 #1,877 – –
1910 9 #1,761 – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Toni

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Toni Collette Toni Collette Australian actress and singer (born 1972) Contemporary
  2. 2 Toni Morrison Toni Morrison American novelist and editor (1931–2019) Contemporary
  3. 3 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton American singer (born 1967) Contemporary
  4. 4 Toni Basil Toni Basil American singer (born 1943) Contemporary
  5. 5 Toni Garrn Toni Garrn German fashion model (born 1992) Contemporary
  6. 6 Toni Kukoč Toni Kukoč Croatian basketball player (born 1968) Contemporary
  7. 7 Toni Ribas Toni Ribas Spanish pornographic actor and director (born 1975) Contemporary
  8. 8 Toni Nadal Toni Nadal Spanish tennis coach (born 1961) Contemporary
  9. 9 Toni Servillo Toni Servillo Italian actor (born 1959) Contemporary
  10. 10 Toni Polster Toni Polster Austrian footballer (born 1964) Contemporary
  11. 11 Toni Sailer Toni Sailer Austrian alpine ski racer 1935–2009 · Contemporary
  12. 12 Toni Elías Toni Elías Spanish motorcycle racer b. 1983 · Contemporary
  13. 13 Toni Jiménez Toni Jiménez Spanish footballer (born 1970) Contemporary
  14. 14 Toni Frissell Toni Frissell American photographer (1907–1988) Contemporary
  15. 15 Toni Turek Toni Turek German footballer (1919–1984) Contemporary
  16. 16 Toni Lato Toni Lato Spanish footballer (born 1997) Contemporary
  17. 17 Toni Nieminen Toni Nieminen Finnish ski jumper b. 1975 · Contemporary
  18. 18 Toni Gardemeister Toni Gardemeister Finnish rally driver (born 1975) Contemporary
  19. 19 Toni Doblas Toni Doblas Spanish footballer b. 1980 · Contemporary
  20. 20 Toni Silva Toni Silva Bissau-Guinean footballer b. 1993 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Toni, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Toni?

The median living Toni is about 57 years old. Half of all living Tonis are between 43 and 67 years old.

How many people named Toni are alive today?

An estimated 89 thousand people named Toni are alive in the United States, based on 101,762 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Toni mean?

A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.

How popular is the name Toni in 2025?

Toni ranked #2,274 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 81 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Toni?

101,762 babies have been named Toni in the United States since 1907, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Toni most popular?

Toni peaked in 1960, when 2,930 newborns received the name.

Is Toni a boy or girl name?

Toni is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 98% of babies with the name.

Is the name Toni rising or falling?

Toni is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Toni become more popular?

Toni is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 67 girls named Toni in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Toni?

Well-known people named Toni include Toni Collette (actor), Toni Morrison (writer), Toni Braxton (singer).

Names like Toni

Names that sound and feel close to Toni: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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