Tonio
Tonio is an Italian and Spanish given name and nickname in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio.
Meaning & Origin of Tonio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tonio is an Italian and Spanish given name and nickname in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio.
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The Story of Tonio
Tonio first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1956, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1990: 26 births, good for #2,553 nationwide. About 25% of every Tonio on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tonio last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 369 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tonio
Tonio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1956 and has accumulated 369 births in the dataset. Tonio's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,553. Use the chart and map above to compare Tonio's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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