Tana

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Peak · girls
1962 · 241 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,274
since 1924

Tana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tana has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #650, 1962girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425—
2024#7,96713—
2023#11,1698—
2022#15,3065—
2021#8,02413—
2020#6,62917—
2019#5,79821—
2018#9,15111—
2017#9,94310—
2016#6,90117—
2015#7,26616—
2014#6,45119—
2013#6,01721—
2012#7,14417—
2011#6,56419—
2010#5,24726—
2009#5,70924—
2008#4,64732—
2007#3,60145—
2006#3,41447—
2005#3,46143—
2004#3,44443—
2003#3,23245—
2002#2,64258—
2001#2,54060—
2000#2,30667—
1999#1,89383—
1998#2,12468—
1997#1,96473—
1996#1,78083—
1995#1,64090—
1994#1,72885—
1993#1,72586—
1992#1,60096—
1991#1,463108—
1990#1,397113—
1989#1,267124—
1988#1,230121—
1987#1,150128—
1986#967163—
1985#913173—
1984#935157—
1983#973150—
1982#853182—
1981#1,089128—
1980#955155—
1979#771208—
1978#986140—
1977#936148—
1976#803173—
1975#845158#4,7976
1974#818164—
1973#858150—
1972#784174—
1971#731206—
1970#721209—
1969#791169—
1968#749175—
1967#671205—
1966#683204—
1965#660222—
1964#722206—
1963#699211—
1962#650241—
1961#703223—
1960#709207—
1959#716195—
1958#783163—
1957#798160—
1956#817147—
1955#818140—
1954#748153—
1953#867117—
1952#794129—
1951#726144—
1950#751132—
1949#791119—
1948#720137—
1947#837110—
1946#796107—
1945#717108—
1944#690117—
1943#681124—
1942#1,55928—
1941#1,95418—
1940#2,42412—
1939#2,9229—
1938#3,4507—
1937#3,4347—
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1928#4,7255—
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1926#4,8515—
1925#3,6648—
1924#4,0027—
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Tana! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1926–1936, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tana is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Tana in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 8,313 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #14,942)
  • Biggest jump: 878 spots in 1943
  • Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1980
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 1962 at #650 (241 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1943–1980
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,718
  • Highest: 1 in 7,718 girls born in 1979 were named Tana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #650 in 1962, was only 1 in 8,160 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 22.2% of all girls named Tana (2,063) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s25#3,664 (1925)#4,311
1930s28#2,922 (1939)#3,503
1940s880#681 (1943)#1,117
1950s1,480#716 (1959)#782
1960s2,063#650 (1962)#704
1970s1,730#721 (1970)#825
1980s1,481#853 (1982)#1,033
1990s885#1,397 (1990)#1,731
2000s464#2,306 (2000)#3,500
2010s177#5,247 (2010)#7,048
2020s61#6,629 (2020)#10,673

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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