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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201982peak #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
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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 1982

  • 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: #214 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,757 boysWAIdaho: #179 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,170 boysIDMontana: #91 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 396 boysMTNorth Dakota: #111 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 605 boysNDMinnesota: #265 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,640 boysMNIllinois: #440 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 4,933 boysILWisconsin: #254 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,152 boysWIMichigan: 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: #215 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,910 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNVWyoming: #123 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 676 boysWYSouth Dakota: #144 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 892 boysSDIowa: #172 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,519 boysIAIndiana: #341 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,403 boysINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #440 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 7,806 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #662 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 9,754 boysCAUtah: #175 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,280 boysUTColorado: #255 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,284 boysCONebraska: #125 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 867 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedMOKentucky: #380 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,358 boysKYWest 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: #222 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,476 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedNMKansas: #134 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 852 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #500 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,413 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #199 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,435 boysOKLouisiana: #635 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,557 boysLAMississippi: 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: #446 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 4,119 boysTXFlorida: #542 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 6,606 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#91 · 1 in 396
  2. North Dakota#111 · 1 in 605
  3. Wyoming#123 · 1 in 676
  4. Nebraska#125 · 1 in 867
  5. Kansas#134 · 1 in 852

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#91151 in 396
North Dakota#111101 in 605
Wyoming#12361 in 676
Nebraska#125141 in 867
Kansas#134211 in 852
South Dakota#14461 in 892
Iowa#172141 in 1,519
Utah#175151 in 1,280
Idaho#17971 in 1,170
Oklahoma#199181 in 1,435
Washington#214181 in 1,757
Oregon#215101 in 1,910
Arizona#222161 in 1,476
Wisconsin#254111 in 3,152
Colorado#255111 in 2,284
Minnesota#26591 in 3,640
Indiana#34191 in 4,403
Kentucky#38051 in 5,358
Illinois#440171 in 4,933
Pennsylvania#440101 in 7,806
Texas#446351 in 4,119
North Carolina#50061 in 6,413
Florida#542101 in 6,606
Louisiana#63551 in 7,557
California#662211 in 9,754
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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 1982

girls
#6,888
9 births · 1 in 188,147 girls
boys
#446
362 births · 1 in 5,012 boys

Top girls' names in 1982

  1. #1Jennifer57,120
  2. #2Jessica45,453
  3. #3Amanda34,214
  4. #4Sarah28,483
  5. #5Melissa25,864
  6. #6Nicole21,706
  7. #7Stephanie20,861
  8. #8Elizabeth20,506
  9. #9Crystal19,099
  10. #10Amy18,799
  11. #6,888Tanner9

Top boys' names in 1982

  1. #1Michael68,216
  2. #2Christopher59,223
  3. #3Matthew46,045
  4. #4Jason40,628
  5. #5David40,453
  6. #6James38,874
  7. #7Joshua38,004
  8. #8John34,698
  9. #9Robert34,409
  10. #10Daniel32,652
  11. #446Tanner362
More about 1982

girls

1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 188,147 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 44.1% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #6,371Yarnell10
  2. #6,371Yoon10
  3. #6,371Zora10
  4. #6,888Tanner9
  5. #6,888Abi9
  6. #6,888Adaeze9
  7. #6,888Adra9
  8. #7,469Aaren8
  9. #7,469Aarin8
  10. #7,469Abeer8

Tied with 580 names at #6,888; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,715Kaleena#2,375 → #660
  2. ↑ 1,197Kala#1,958 → #761
  3. ↑ 1,094Chelsie#2,028 → #934
  4. ↑ 1,081Tenika#2,028 → #947
  5. ↑ 1,044Falon#1,958 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 538Evita#779 → #1,317
  2. ↓ 517Martine#791 → #1,308
  3. ↓ 473Dusty#720 → #1,193
  4. ↓ 470Regan#991 → #1,461
  5. ↓ 401Windy#998 → #1,399

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

boys

1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 5,012 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #443Fabian364
  2. #443Kendall364
  3. #445Frankie363
  4. #446Tanner362
  5. #447Herman361
  6. #447Kurtis361
  7. #447Saul361
Biggest movers since 1981
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,958Colt#2,418 → #460
  2. ↑ 730Eliot#1,695 → #965
  3. ↑ 532Colton#1,334 → #802
  4. ↑ 478Kiel#1,101 → #623
  5. ↑ 416Eugenio#1,411 → #995
Fallers
  1. ↓ 309Marchello#841 → #1,150
  2. ↓ 237Carmen#851 → #1,088
  3. ↓ 234Claudio#976 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 224Irvin#826 → #1,050
  5. ↓ 222Jeramiah#971 → #1,193

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

See the top 100 for 1982 →