Tana

Where Tana comes from

The dictionaries list Tana as a given name — a female given name, Alternative form of Tanya — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1924
    First appearance
    #4,002 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #650
    241 babies named Tana — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1973
    Tana French born
    American-Irish writer and theatrical actress
  4. 1984
    Tana Adelana born
    Nigerian actress, producer, model, TV presenter and entrepreneur
  5. 1990
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,397.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, Alternative form of Tanya.
Namesakes
  • Tana French · American-Irish writer and theatrical actress, born 1973
  • Tana Adelana · Nigerian actress, producer, model, TV presenter and entrepreneur, born 1984
  • Tana Mongeau · American Internet personality, born 1998
  • Tana Kaleya · Polish born photographer, 1939–2016
  • Tana Chanabut · Thai footballer, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.