Tanita
Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 607since 1961
Tanita over time
Rank among girls' names. Tanita has never cracked the top 2,000 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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| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,517 | 24 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 |
| 1982 | #4,347 | 17 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 |
| 1978 | #2,516 | 34 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 |
| 1976 | #2,439 | 33 |
| 1975 | #2,743 | 27 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tanita! It came in at #6,567, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Tanita is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,156 · 1 in 12,882
Best ever in a state: #721 in North Carolina, 1978.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #1,156 | 6 | 1 in 12,882 |
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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 Tanita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1976 at #2,439 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,397 girls born in 1976 were named Tanita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 360,125 girls born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 38.9% of all girls named Tanita (236) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 63 | #3,789 (1968) | #4,893 |
| 1970s | 236 | #2,439 (1976) | #3,193 |
| 1980s | 217 | #2,651 (1980) | #4,195 |
| 1990s | 86 | #3,813 (1990) | #9,287 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,352 |
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.
Tanita in 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
More about 1980
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1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 47,437 of them was named Tanita, which outranked 78.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,603Toi36
- #2,603Vernita36
- #2,603Zenia36
- #2,651Tanita35
- #2,651Alyse35
- #2,651Ambra35
- #2,651Anel35
- #2,699Arwen34
- #2,699Aryn34
- #2,699Bryanna34
Tied with 47 names at #2,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.