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
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 38 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 994since 1935
Tanis over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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.
Where Tanis is popular in 1948
No state had 5 or more girls named Tanis in 1948, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tanis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1935
- Peaked 1948 at #1,499 (38 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 20.5% of all girls named Tanis (204) were born in this decade
- 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.
Tanis in 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 44,682 of them was named Tanis, which outranked 75.2% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,473Vergie39
- #1,473Versie39
- #1,473Zola39
- #1,499Tanis38
- #1,499Chloe38
- #1,499Cristine38
- #1,499Dalia38
- #1,520Andree37
- #1,520Cindi37
- #1,520Clair37
Tied with 20 names at #1,499; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 350,924 of them was named Tanis, which outranked 12.6% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 531 names at #3,668; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.