Taneka
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 106 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,519since 1970
Taneka over time
Rank among girls' names. Taneka 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 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
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| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #5,016 | 19 |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 |
| 1989 | #2,408 | 48 |
| 1988 | #2,646 | 40 |
| 1987 | #2,493 | 41 |
| 1986 | #2,116 | 50 |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 |
| 1984 | #1,703 | 64 |
| 1983 | #1,400 | 84 |
| 1982 | #1,237 | 106 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 |
| 1980 | #1,380 | 90 |
| 1979 | #1,471 | 81 |
| 1978 | #1,275 | 96 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 |
| 1976 | #1,316 | 82 |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Taneka! It came in at #4,761, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Taneka is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#367 · 1 in 2,132
- Louisiana#443 · 1 in 2,752
- Georgia#444 · 1 in 2,932
- North Carolina#503 · 1 in 4,046
- Alabama#567 · 1 in 4,350
Best ever in a state: #355 in Maryland, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #367 | 8 | 1 in 2,132 |
| Louisiana | #443 | 10 | 1 in 2,752 |
| Georgia | #444 | 11 | 1 in 2,932 |
| North Carolina | #503 | 8 | 1 in 4,046 |
| Alabama | #567 | 5 | 1 in 4,350 |
| Florida | #700 | 8 | 1 in 5,503 |
| Illinois | #767 | 10 | 1 in 7,090 |
| California | #2,090 | 5 | 1 in 30,666 |
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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 Taneka
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1982 at #1,237 (106 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 15,957 girls born in 1978 were named Taneka (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,237 in 1982, was only 1 in 15,975 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 42.1% of all girls named Taneka (639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 571 | #1,275 (1978) | #2,253 |
| 1980s | 639 | #1,237 (1982) | #1,915 |
| 1990s | 258 | #2,345 (1990) | #5,219 |
| 2000s | 46 | #7,158 (2000) | #11,280 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,869 |
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.
Taneka in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
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1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,957 of them was named Taneka, which outranked 88.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,265Nickole97
- #1,265Rolanda97
- #1,265Shonta97
- #1,275Taneka96
- #1,275Andra96
- #1,275Annamarie96
- #1,275Cecily96
- #1,281Addie95
- #1,281Elvia95
- #1,281Giselle95
Tied with 5 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.