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Tonia

As a girl's name, Tonia traces back to Roman, where it is understood to mean "Roman name, often given as priceless". It was at its most popular in the 1970s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a distinctive, less common pick. Since 1900, roughly 22,212 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.

EtymologyVariant of Tonya, short for Antonia
RomanRoman name, often given as "priceless"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
18
1920s
40
1930s
170
1940s
509
1950s
1,662
1960s
6,739
1970s
9,972
1980s
2,080
1990s
682
2000s
254
2010s
86
Peaked in the 1970s · 22,212 total U.S. births since 1900