Tanner

#3,517 for girls in 2025, 43 births · #475 for boys in 2025, 641 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1998 · 4,704 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
97,625
since 1913

Tanner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #82, 1998boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,51743#475641
2024#3,11951#441714
2023#3,22550#432721
2022#3,41646#411784
2021#3,15751#359905
2020#3,45044#333980
2019#3,49944#3281,019
2018#3,10752#3011,142
2017#3,14551#2721,331
2016#3,01055#2371,605
2015#2,59069#2241,715
2014#2,88859#2071,866
2013#2,72663#1972,050
2012#2,93558#1782,182
2011#3,05155#1822,139
2010#3,07554#1762,136
2009#3,67743#1592,453
2008#2,85562#1632,419
2007#2,45776#1502,732
2006#2,55571#1422,867
2005#2,45771#1313,075
2004#2,04489#1253,232
2003#2,55663#1203,390
2002#2,37967#1113,446
2001#2,01384#1013,832
2000#1,719102#934,235
1999#1,442121#874,521
1998#1,392123#824,704
1997#1,419117#824,676
1996#1,519105#904,180
1995#1,456110#864,320
1994#1,59495#963,923
1993#1,538101#983,768
1992#2,31856#1013,641
1991#2,98938#1412,272
1990#8,5019#2201,387
1989#7,44910#2201,235
1988#6,27712#259906
1987#6,33511#300719
1986#5,75712#342561
1985#6,9559#359514
1984#8,1537#409407
1983#10,2755#407401
1982#6,8889#446362
1981—#504278
1980#8,1787#476311
1979#5,75111#476299
1978—#645169
1977—#773121
1976—#97373
1975—#1,23847
1974—#1,50134
1973—#1,78225
1972—#2,08019
1971—#2,55814
1970—#2,29316
1969—#3,3148
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five boys were named Tanner! It came in at #2,496, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tanner is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNHWashington: #424 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,174 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #351 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,754 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedRIOregon: #340 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,498 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedSDIowa: #314 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,223 boysIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #803 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 13,786 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDEArizona: #373 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,099 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNMKansas: #317 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,122 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedHITexas: #663 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 8,628 boysTXFlorida: #700 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,004 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Iowa#314 · 1 in 4,223
  2. Kansas#317 · 1 in 3,122
  3. Oregon#340 · 1 in 3,498
  4. Minnesota#351 · 1 in 5,754
  5. Arizona#373 · 1 in 3,099

Best ever in a state: #10 in Wyoming, 2009.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Iowa#31451 in 4,223
Kansas#31751 in 3,122
Oregon#34051 in 3,498
Minnesota#35151 in 5,754
Arizona#37361 in 3,099
Washington#42451 in 5,174
Texas#663131 in 8,628
Florida#70051 in 10,004
California#803121 in 13,786
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Tanner
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 34 spots since 2024 (#441 → #475)
  • 142 spots since 2020 (#333 → #475)
  • 251 spots since 2015 (#224 → #475)
  • Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1976 (#1,238 → #973)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 2022 (#359 → #411)
Rise & fade · boys
85 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 1998 at #82 (4,704 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 1993–2000
  • Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1976–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 403
  • Highest: 1 in 403 boys born in 1997 were named Tanner (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,665 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #82 in 1998, was only 1 in 406 (0.25%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 38.3% of all boys named Tanner (37,392) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s21#2,496 (1913)#3,599
1920s22#3,869 (1921)#4,075
1930s7#3,289 (1930)#3,289
1940s0——
1950s8#2,770 (1950)#2,770
1960s53#2,673 (1963)#3,281
1970s817#476 (1979)#1,432
1980s5,694#220 (1989)#372
1990s37,392#82 (1998)#108
2000s31,681#93 (2000)#130
2010s17,185#176 (2010)#230
2020s4,745#333 (2020)#409

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tanner in 1977

boys
#773
121 births · 1 in 13,580 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #773Tanner121
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 13,580 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 88.7% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #770Dominique122
  2. #770Emmett122
  3. #770Maxwell122
  4. #773Tanner121
  5. #773Carter121
  6. #773Issac121
  7. #773Jayme121
  8. #778Bob120
  9. #778Jameel120
  10. #778Kenya120

Tied with 4 names at #773; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →