Taneisha
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #14,962
- Peak · girls
- 1986 · 112 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,038since 1971
Taneisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Taneisha has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 |
| 1999 | #3,374 | 37 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #3,028 | 39 |
| 1995 | #2,101 | 64 |
| 1994 | #1,929 | 73 |
| 1993 | #1,985 | 70 |
| 1992 | #1,755 | 84 |
| 1991 | #1,443 | 110 |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 |
| 1989 | #1,373 | 110 |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 |
| 1987 | #1,318 | 104 |
| 1986 | #1,224 | 112 |
| 1985 | #1,239 | 110 |
| 1984 | #1,232 | 105 |
| 1983 | #1,379 | 86 |
| 1982 | #1,384 | 88 |
| 1981 | #1,528 | 78 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,795 | 60 |
| 1978 | #1,824 | 55 |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 |
| 1975 | #2,680 | 28 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Taneisha! It came in at #4,534, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2010, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Taneisha is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#471 · 1 in 3,905
- Maryland#594 · 1 in 5,102
- Georgia#639 · 1 in 5,599
- Louisiana#708 · 1 in 5,262
- Virginia#724 · 1 in 6,948
Best ever in a state: #408 in Alabama, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #471 | 8 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Maryland | #594 | 5 | 1 in 5,102 |
| Georgia | #639 | 7 | 1 in 5,599 |
| Louisiana | #708 | 5 | 1 in 5,262 |
| Virginia | #724 | 5 | 1 in 6,948 |
| North Carolina | #766 | 5 | 1 in 7,452 |
| Michigan | #803 | 7 | 1 in 8,281 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,083 | 5 | 1 in 13,844 |
| Florida | #1,100 | 6 | 1 in 11,570 |
| Texas | #1,281 | 9 | 1 in 14,319 |
| New York | #1,783 | 5 | 1 in 22,373 |
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See more about Taneisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1986 at #1,224 (112 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,317 girls born in 1986 were named Taneisha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,509 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 45.7% of all girls named Taneisha (932) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 281 | #1,795 (1979) | #3,007 |
| 1980s | 932 | #1,224 (1986) | #1,418 |
| 1990s | 670 | #1,397 (1990) | #2,312 |
| 2000s | 143 | #5,254 (2002) | #8,750 |
| 2010s | 12 | #14,824 (2011) | #14,893 |
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.
Taneisha in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 16,718 of them was named Taneisha, which outranked 90.1% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,313Haleigh105
- #1,313Kassi105
- #1,313Talisha105
- #1,318Taneisha104
- #1,318Allyssa104
- #1,318Bonita104
- #1,318Devan104
- #1,329Alia103
- #1,329Blake103
- #1,329Kisha103
Tied with 10 names at #1,318; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.