Tongan Names
Explore names documented in Tongan naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880. | 4,644#47 | Up 5 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1919. | 872#349 | Down 90 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988. | 1,657#213 | Up 72 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1882. | 294#903 | Up 94 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 33#3,498 | Down 165 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1955. | 13#8,177 | Down 733 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1917. | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | 17#5,583 | Down 906 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 23#4,485 | Up 482 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 18#5,377 | Down 534 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985. | 7#10,073 | Down 2,347 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 7#10,517 | Down 1,092 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983. | 11#7,588 | Up 2,827 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1997. | 8#8,933 | Down 2,305 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983. | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1960. | —Unranked | — | 1961 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 6#13,290 | Down 1,080 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1982. | 6#14,743 | new | 2001 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986. | 5#16,867 | new | 2010 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1985. | —Unranked | — | 2011 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1922. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2004. | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2019. | —Unranked | — | 2019 | ||
Documented Tongan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2014. | —Unranked | — | 2024 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.