Tana
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1975 at #4,797
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1962 · 241 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,274since 1924
Tana over time
Rank among girls' names. Tana has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,798 | 21 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | — | |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,017 | 21 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,461 | 43 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,444 | 43 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,540 | 60 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,306 | 67 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,893 | 83 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,124 | 68 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,964 | 73 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,780 | 83 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,640 | 90 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,728 | 85 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,725 | 86 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,600 | 96 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,267 | 124 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,230 | 121 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #967 | 163 | — | |
| 1985 | #913 | 173 | — | |
| 1984 | #935 | 157 | — | |
| 1983 | #973 | 150 | — | |
| 1982 | #853 | 182 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,089 | 128 | — | |
| 1980 | #955 | 155 | — | |
| 1979 | #771 | 208 | — | |
| 1978 | #986 | 140 | — | |
| 1977 | #936 | 148 | — | |
| 1976 | #803 | 173 | — | |
| 1975 | #845 | 158 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #818 | 164 | — | |
| 1973 | #858 | 150 | — | |
| 1972 | #784 | 174 | — | |
| 1971 | #731 | 206 | — | |
| 1970 | #721 | 209 | — | |
| 1969 | #791 | 169 | — | |
| 1968 | #749 | 175 | — | |
| 1967 | #671 | 205 | — | |
| 1966 | #683 | 204 | — | |
| 1965 | #660 | 222 | — | |
| 1964 | #722 | 206 | — | |
| 1963 | #699 | 211 | — | |
| 1962 | #650 | 241 | — | |
| 1961 | #703 | 223 | — | |
| 1960 | #709 | 207 | — | |
| 1959 | #716 | 195 | — | |
| 1958 | #783 | 163 | — | |
| 1957 | #798 | 160 | — | |
| 1956 | #817 | 147 | — | |
| 1955 | #818 | 140 | — | |
| 1954 | #748 | 153 | — | |
| 1953 | #867 | 117 | — | |
| 1952 | #794 | 129 | — | |
| 1951 | #726 | 144 | — | |
| 1950 | #751 | 132 | — | |
| 1949 | #791 | 119 | — | |
| 1948 | #720 | 137 | — | |
| 1947 | #837 | 110 | — | |
| 1946 | #796 | 107 | — | |
| 1945 | #717 | 108 | — | |
| 1944 | #690 | 117 | — | |
| 1943 | #681 | 124 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
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| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
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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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#181 · 1 in 706
- Washington#503 · 1 in 3,489
- Minnesota#560 · 1 in 5,520
- Indiana#615 · 1 in 5,654
- North Carolina#685 · 1 in 6,390
Best ever in a state: #94 in Montana, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #181 | 5 | 1 in 706 |
| Washington | #503 | 8 | 1 in 3,489 |
| Minnesota | #560 | 5 | 1 in 5,520 |
| Indiana | #615 | 6 | 1 in 5,654 |
| North Carolina | #685 | 6 | 1 in 6,390 |
| Arizona | #696 | 5 | 1 in 5,037 |
| Louisiana | #712 | 5 | 1 in 5,263 |
| Texas | #892 | 16 | 1 in 8,018 |
| Illinois | #1,172 | 6 | 1 in 12,284 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tana
- 6,975 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #14,942)
- 8,313 spots since 2020 (#6,629 → #14,942)
- 7,676 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 878 spots in 1943 (#1,559 → #681)
- Biggest drop: 184 spots in 1980 (#771 → #955)
- Debuted 1924
- Peaked 1962 at #650 (241 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1943–1980
- 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
- 22.2% of all girls named Tana (2,063) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 25 | #3,664 (1925) | #4,311 |
| 1930s | 28 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,503 |
| 1940s | 880 | #681 (1943) | #1,117 |
| 1950s | 1,480 | #716 (1959) | #782 |
| 1960s | 2,063 | #650 (1962) | #704 |
| 1970s | 1,730 | #721 (1970) | #825 |
| 1980s | 1,481 | #853 (1982) | #1,033 |
| 1990s | 885 | #1,397 (1990) | #1,731 |
| 2000s | 464 | #2,306 (2000) | #3,500 |
| 2010s | 177 | #5,247 (2010) | #7,048 |
| 2020s | 61 | #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.
Tana in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 14,718 of them was named Tana, which outranked 91.1% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,226Ebonie122
- #1,226Gracie122
- #1,226Phoebe122
- #1,230Tana121
- #1,230Carey121
- #1,230Chanda121
- #1,230Charlie121
- #1,239Ariane120
- #1,239Daniele120
- #1,239Jordyn120
Tied with 8 names at #1,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.