girls:
684 births since 1915
#5032 (12th percentile)
boys:
473 births since 1915
#4113 (10th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1915
#6583 (15th percentile)
The name Tonnie is the #6,583 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,157 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 14.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,032 (11.9% percentile) for all time with 684 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,113 (10.3% percentile) for all time with 473 births since 1915.
Tonnie first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 . Birth data for Tonnie is available in 68 out of the 94 years between 1915 and 2008 (57 years for girls and 48 years for boys). 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.
The name Tonnie has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.1% of all recorded births). In 2008, 0.0% of babies named Tonnie were girls. Interestingly, until around 1917, the name was more popular for boys (58.3% boys from 1915 to 1916), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (59.3% girls from 1917 to 2008).
For girls, Tonnie reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 3.0% percentile (ranked #749) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
For boys, Tonnie reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #638) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tonnie".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tonnie. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.8% confident that Tonnie is pronounced as TAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAW-nee, at 16.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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