Tanika
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #12,876
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 302 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,522since 1968
Tanika over time
Rank among girls' names. Tanika has never cracked the top 500 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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| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
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| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #7,077 | 16 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 |
| 1998 | #3,222 | 38 |
| 1997 | #2,450 | 53 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 |
| 1994 | #2,124 | 64 |
| 1993 | #1,763 | 83 |
| 1992 | #1,486 | 106 |
| 1991 | #1,439 | 111 |
| 1990 | #1,265 | 129 |
| 1989 | #995 | 173 |
| 1988 | #1,368 | 104 |
| 1987 | #1,202 | 120 |
| 1986 | #1,210 | 115 |
| 1985 | #1,042 | 144 |
| 1984 | #841 | 183 |
| 1983 | #734 | 223 |
| 1982 | #582 | 314 |
| 1981 | #833 | 188 |
| 1980 | #784 | 209 |
| 1979 | #668 | 260 |
| 1978 | #571 | 301 |
| 1977 | #612 | 274 |
| 1976 | #558 | 302 |
| 1975 | #615 | 256 |
| 1974 | #768 | 181 |
| 1973 | #1,074 | 107 |
| 1972 | #1,263 | 81 |
| 1971 | #2,137 | 38 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tanika! It came in at #4,489, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2010–2015, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tanika is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#174 · 1 in 869
- District of Columbia#230 · 1 in 922
- South Carolina#311 · 1 in 1,705
- Georgia#314 · 1 in 1,792
- Louisiana#348 · 1 in 1,966
Best ever in a state: #146 in District of Columbia, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #174 | 21 | 1 in 869 |
| District of Columbia | #230 | 6 | 1 in 922 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 10 | 1 in 1,705 |
| Georgia | #314 | 18 | 1 in 1,792 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 14 | 1 in 1,966 |
| Connecticut | #349 | 6 | 1 in 2,365 |
| North Carolina | #355 | 13 | 1 in 2,490 |
| Virginia | #364 | 11 | 1 in 2,531 |
| Ohio | #384 | 22 | 1 in 3,134 |
| Massachusetts | #402 | 9 | 1 in 3,295 |
| Illinois | #409 | 26 | 1 in 2,727 |
| Mississippi | #446 | 6 | 1 in 2,556 |
| Missouri | #456 | 8 | 1 in 3,832 |
| Michigan | #480 | 14 | 1 in 4,111 |
| New Jersey | #542 | 9 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Tennessee | #547 | 6 | 1 in 4,644 |
| Florida | #607 | 10 | 1 in 4,402 |
| New York | #635 | 20 | 1 in 4,916 |
| Indiana | #655 | 5 | 1 in 6,959 |
| Pennsylvania | #737 | 8 | 1 in 8,250 |
| California | #897 | 19 | 1 in 8,070 |
| Texas | #1,048 | 10 | 1 in 10,339 |
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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 Tanika
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 373 spots in 1989 (#1,368 → #995)
- Biggest drop: 270 spots in 1990 (#995 → #1,265)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1976 at #558 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1974–1984
- Highest: 1 in 4,851 girls born in 1976 were named Tanika (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,146 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 40.3% of all girls named Tanika (1,823) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26 | #3,461 (1969) | #3,975 |
| 1970s | 1,823 | #558 (1976) | #1,120 |
| 1980s | 1,773 | #582 (1982) | #959 |
| 1990s | 741 | #1,265 (1990) | #2,143 |
| 2000s | 147 | #5,491 (2000) | #8,182 |
| 2010s | 12 | #12,876 (2016) | #14,873 |
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.
Tanika in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 5,089 of them was named Tanika, which outranked 95.0% 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).