Tonnie
Tonnie is a Danish, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish given name and diminutive nickname with both masculine and feminine uses. As a Danish and Swedish name it is used as a diminutive of Antonia in Greenland, Denmark and Sweden, but also has masculine uses. As a Dutch name it has feminine used as a diminutive of Antonia in Belgium, Indonesia, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and the Netherlands.
Meaning & Origin of Tonnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tonnie is a Danish, Dutch, Portuguese and Swedish given name and diminutive nickname with both masculine and feminine uses. As a Danish and Swedish name it is used as a diminutive of Antonia in Greenland, Denmark and Sweden, but also has masculine uses. As a Dutch name it has feminine used as a diminutive of Antonia in Belgium, Indonesia, Suriname, South Africa, Namibia, and the Netherlands.
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The Story of Tonnie
As a girl name
American parents first put Tonnie on the record books as a girl name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1963, when 28 Tonnies were born — ranking #2,250 that year. About 32% of every Tonnie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Tonnie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 684 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tonnie on the record books as a boy name in 1915, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1960, when 24 Tonnies were born — ranking #1,658 that year. About 35% of every Tonnie on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Tonnie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 473 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tonnie
Tonnie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 684 births in the dataset. Tonnie's peak popularity came in 1963 when it ranked #2,250. Use the chart and map above to compare Tonnie'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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