Tanis
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to girls 65.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 994since 1935
Tanis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #10,760 | 6 | |
| 2017 | — | #9,696 | 7 | |
| 2016 | — | #9,664 | 7 | |
| 2015 | — | #8,040 | 9 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,050 | 11 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #5,675 | 15 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #4,267 | 23 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #6,262 | 13 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #5,781 | 14 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #4,602 | 18 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #4,188 | 19 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #3,191 | 21 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | — | #4,020 | 15 | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,678 | 18 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,311 | 32 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #3,085 | 15 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,595 | 17 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,598 | 12 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1935
The first year at least five girls were named Tanis! It came in at #3,156, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1936, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1948 at #1,499 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 44,682
- Highest: 1 in 44,682 girls born in 1948 were named Tanis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.5% of all girls named Tanis (204) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 25 | #2,922 (1939) | #3,075 |
| 1940s | 159 | #1,499 (1948) | #2,542 |
| 1950s | 187 | #1,665 (1951) | #2,767 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,348 (1964) | #3,527 |
| 1970s | 204 | #2,311 (1972) | #3,482 |
| 1980s | 102 | #4,746 (1981) | #6,468 |
| 1990s | 72 | #7,067 (1992) | #9,984 |
| 2000s | 77 | #9,163 (2000) | #12,471 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,824 (2011) | #15,908 |
| 2020s | 11 | #13,477 (2024) | #14,364 |
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.
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