Tonya
A unisex name of Slavic origin, meaning priceless; a form of Antonya or Antonia.
Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Tonya by the numbers
Tonya was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7,244 babies in 1972, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Antonia
Like Tonya, each of these traces back to Antonia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Antoniapriceless; worthy of praise91 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tonipriceless; short form of Antonia or Antonio154 in the US (2017)
- Tonnypriceless, worthy; a form of Anthony or Antonia9 in the US (2017)
- Antonettepriceless; a form of Antonia7 in the US (2017)
- Antonia-Mariapriceless and beloved; compound of Antonia and Maria5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Antoniepriceless; a form of Antonia5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tonya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Tonya
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