Tania

#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #7,792
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1976 · 732 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
28,891
since 1918

Tania over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Tania has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #312, 1976girls
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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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2025#2,03693—
2024#1,925103—
2023#1,656125—
2022#1,763117—
2021#1,885105—
2020#1,593131—
2019#1,523142—
2018#1,399160—
2017#1,263187—
2016#1,492153—
2015#1,477155—
2014#1,257192—
2013#1,234195—
2012#1,060237—
2011#1,025243—
2010#883300—
2009#720402—
2008#607504—
2007#517609—
2006#444718—
2005#477645—
2004#466636—
2003#418716—
2002#412702—
2001#430642—
2000#460605—
1999#459578—
1998#443582—
1997#479524—
1996#425600—
1995#465542#7,7926
1994#373697#8,8005
1993#316846#5,00211
1992#383674—
1991#440579#7,2716
1990#489498#4,99310
1989#537426#5,6158
1988#523421—
1987#508418#6,9515
1986#507410#6,7215
1985#506400—
1984#500396—
1983#496392—
1982#504400—
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1980#430502—
1979#387567#6,0565
1978#399515—
1977#358615—
1976#312732—
1975#324699—
1974#330674—
1973#391522—
1972#379568—
1971#404529—
1970#430511—
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1966#532314—
1965#588263—
1964#710214—
1963#673223—
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1961#796172—
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1959#1,031106—
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1957#1,22075—
1956#1,41355—
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1950#1,35246—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Tania! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Tania is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #273 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,896 girlsMNIllinois: #354 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsILWisconsin: #306 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,414 girlsWIMichigan: #426 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,385 girlsMINew York: #180 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 945 girlsNYMassachusetts: #213 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,348 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedSDIowa: #372 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,098 girlsIAIndiana: #493 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,349 girlsINOhio: #609 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,269 girlsOHPennsylvania: #469 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,125 girlsPANew Jersey: #214 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,170 girlsNJConnecticut: #216 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,182 girlsCTCalifornia: #330 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedUTColorado: #492 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,459 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedNEMissouri: #570 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,109 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedWVVirginia: #600 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,568 girlsVAMaryland: #361 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,282 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedDEArizona: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #426 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,237 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tania, so not publishedHITexas: #433 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,721 girlsTXFlorida: #472 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,145 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#180 · 1 in 945
  2. Massachusetts#213 · 1 in 1,348
  3. New Jersey#214 · 1 in 1,170
  4. Connecticut#216 · 1 in 1,182
  5. Minnesota#273 · 1 in 1,896

Best ever in a state: #65 in District of Columbia, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1801041 in 945
Massachusetts#213221 in 1,348
New Jersey#214311 in 1,170
Connecticut#216121 in 1,182
Minnesota#273141 in 1,896
Wisconsin#306121 in 2,414
California#330811 in 1,893
Illinois#354311 in 2,287
Maryland#36181 in 2,282
Iowa#37261 in 3,098
Arizona#40471 in 2,341
Michigan#426171 in 3,385
North Carolina#426101 in 3,237
Texas#433381 in 2,721
Pennsylvania#469161 in 4,125
Florida#472141 in 3,145
Colorado#49251 in 3,459
Indiana#49381 in 4,349
Missouri#57061 in 5,109
Virginia#60051 in 5,568
Ohio#609111 in 6,269
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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 Tania
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 111 spots since 2024 (#1,925 → #2,036)
  • 443 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #2,036)
  • 559 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #2,036)
  • Biggest jump: 138 spots in 1961 (#934 → #796)
  • Biggest drop: 163 spots in 2010 (#720 → #883)
Rise & fade · girls
58 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1976 at #312 (732 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 34 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1960–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,002
  • Highest: 1 in 2,002 girls born in 1976 were named Tania (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,282 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 21.4% of all girls named Tania (6,179) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
1920s11#4,376 (1923)#4,473
1930s83#1,914 (1937)#3,179
1940s234#1,413 (1947)#2,019
1950s576#1,031 (1959)#1,362
1960s2,864#431 (1969)#630
1970s5,932#312 (1976)#371
1980s4,249#430 (1980)#495
1990s6,120#316 (1993)#427
2000s6,179#412 (2002)#495
2010s1,964#883 (2010)#1,261
2020s674#1,593 (2020)#1,810

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.

Tania in 1978

girls
#399
515 births · 1 in 2,974 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #399Tania515
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 2,974 of them was named Tania, which outranked 96.5% 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).

Ranked beside Tania
  1. #396Johanna520
  2. #397Haley518
  3. #398Dena517
  4. #399Tania515
  5. #399Maribel515
  6. #401Tia514
  7. #402Alma513
  8. #403Tabatha512

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →