Tonga

Popularity Trends

The name Tonga is the #7,580 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 159 recorded births since 1953. This represents the 2.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,557 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 159 births since 1953.

Tonga first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1953 (first recorded for girls in 1953). Birth data for Tonga is available in 17 out of the 34 years between 1953 and 1986. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Tonga reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #735) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1986.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tonga".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

159

Peak Births

Peak Year

1968

First Recorded

1953

Peak Percentile

1.6%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#735

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Tonga", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Tonga.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Tonga's popularity from 1950 to 1989 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Tonga at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Tonga range from Tonjia at 90.1% correlation to Tonnette at 85.3% correlation, with an average correlation level of 86.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Tammy with 333.3K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Taunja with 90 births (100% girls).

Tonga's share of births peaked at 9.9 births per million for girls in 1968. It reached its lowest point of 2.7 births per million (27% of peak) in 1986. In 1986, the most recent period with data, the name Tonga had 2.7 births per million, 27% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Tonjia

305

90.13% (very strong)

Yevette

839

88.22% (very strong)

Tonja

6,994

87.75% (very strong)

Tracey

95.2k

87.46% (very strong)

Mischelle

967

87.37% (very strong)

Subrena

190

86.76% (very strong)

Sebrena

449

86.38% (very strong)

Taunja

86.24% (very strong)

Tammy

333.3k

86.14% (very strong)

Kimberley

38.2k

85.57% (very strong)

Diahann

354

85.49% (very strong)

Tonnette

382

85.27% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Tonga

Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tonga. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 42.5% confident that Tonga is pronounced as TAHN-guh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAWNGG-uh, at 27.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.

42.5%

27.5%

17.5%

12.5%

TAHN-guh (2 syllables)

Verified

42.5% confidence

T AA1 N G AH0

TAWNGG-uh (2 syllables)

27.5% confidence

T AO1 N G G AH0

TAHNGG-uh (2 syllables)

17.5% confidence

T AA1 N G G AH0

TAWN-guh (2 syllables)

12.5% confidence

T AO1 N G AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Tonga? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Tonga. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Tonga, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like T AA1 N G AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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