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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #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
1968—#2,73510
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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 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #127 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 383 boysAKMaine: #126 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 431 boysMEVermont: #66 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 185 boysVTNew Hampshire: #141 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 502 boysNHWashington: #117 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 481 boysWAIdaho: #76 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 280 boysIDMontana: #72 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 243 boysMTNorth Dakota: #140 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 443 boysNDMinnesota: #98 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 402 boysMNIllinois: #261 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 1,369 boysILWisconsin: #166 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 712 boysWIMichigan: #170 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 803 boysMINew York: #278 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 1,586 boysNYMassachusetts: #350 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,308 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedRIOregon: #106 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 398 boysORNevada: #204 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 804 boysNVWyoming: #72 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 212 boysWYSouth Dakota: #98 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 306 boysSDIowa: #93 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 355 boysIAIndiana: #148 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 623 boysINOhio: #138 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 599 boysOHPennsylvania: #172 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 824 boysPANew Jersey: #944 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,561 boysNJConnecticut: #257 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,467 boysCTCalifornia: #276 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 1,569 boysCAUtah: #98 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 362 boysUTColorado: #144 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 573 boysCONebraska: #129 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 469 boysNEMissouri: #117 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 460 boysMOKentucky: #100 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 388 boysKYWest Virginia: #97 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 310 boysWVVirginia: #118 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 547 boysVAMaryland: #274 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,410 boysMDDelaware: #182 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 724 boysDEArizona: #178 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 717 boysAZNew Mexico: #305 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,431 boysNMKansas: #132 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 496 boysKSArkansas: #144 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 534 boysARTennessee: #146 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 606 boysTNNorth Carolina: #181 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 818 boysNCSouth Carolina: #127 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 526 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #134 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 502 boysOKLouisiana: #143 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 581 boysLAMississippi: #127 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 532 boysMSAlabama: #136 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 584 boysALGeorgia: #192 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 873 boysGAHawaii: #122 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 400 boysHITexas: #249 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 1,240 boysTXFlorida: #177 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 882 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Vermont#66 · 1 in 185
  2. Wyoming#72 · 1 in 212
  3. Montana#72 · 1 in 243
  4. Idaho#76 · 1 in 280
  5. Iowa#93 · 1 in 355

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#66101 in 185
Montana#72161 in 243
Wyoming#7291 in 212
Idaho#76301 in 280
Iowa#93431 in 355
West Virginia#97261 in 310
Minnesota#98691 in 402
South Dakota#98131 in 306
Utah#98611 in 362
Kentucky#100581 in 388
Oregon#106461 in 398
Missouri#117711 in 460
Washington#117741 in 481
Virginia#118761 in 547
Hawaii#122121 in 400
Maine#126111 in 431
Alaska#12791 in 383
Mississippi#127261 in 532
South Carolina#127401 in 526
Nebraska#129211 in 469
Kansas#132331 in 496
Oklahoma#134411 in 502
Alabama#136401 in 584
Ohio#1381011 in 599
North Dakota#14081 in 443
New Hampshire#141101 in 502
Louisiana#143411 in 581
Arkansas#144271 in 534
Colorado#144481 in 573
Tennessee#146581 in 606
Indiana#148581 in 623
Wisconsin#166391 in 712
Michigan#170601 in 803
Pennsylvania#172741 in 824
Florida#1771051 in 882
Arizona#178521 in 717
North Carolina#181631 in 818
Delaware#18251 in 724
Georgia#192641 in 873
Nevada#204171 in 804
Texas#2491441 in 1,240
Connecticut#257101 in 1,467
Illinois#261511 in 1,369
Maryland#274201 in 1,410
California#2761491 in 1,569
New York#278671 in 1,586
New Mexico#30571 in 1,431
Massachusetts#350131 in 2,308
New Jersey#94451 in 8,561
District of Columbia———
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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 2010

girls
#3,075
54 births · 1 in 32,918 girls
boys
#176
2,136 births · 1 in 898 boys

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #3,075Tanner54

Top boys' names in 2010

  1. #1Jacob22,157
  2. #2Ethan18,020
  3. #3Michael17,387
  4. #4Jayden17,203
  5. #5William17,072
  6. #6Alexander16,769
  7. #7Noah16,481
  8. #8Daniel15,869
  9. #9Aiden15,547
  10. #10Anthony15,511
  11. #176Tanner2,136
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 32,918 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 84.5% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #3,044Tova55
  2. #3,044Yamila55
  3. #3,044Yessica55
  4. #3,075Tanner54
  5. #3,075Aarushi54
  6. #3,075Aeryn54
  7. #3,075Alexie54
  8. #3,123Abella53
  9. #3,123Aisley53
  10. #3,123Aiza53

Tied with 47 names at #3,075; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

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

boys

1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 898 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 98.8% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #173Sawyer2,220
  2. #174Jaiden2,209
  3. #175Omar2,167
  4. #176Tanner2,136
  5. #177Paul2,129
  6. #178Travis2,126
  7. #179Maddox2,108
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,631Bentlee#3,476 → #845
  2. ↑ 1,735Jencarlos#2,663 → #928
  3. ↑ 1,536Bently#2,203 → #667
  4. ↑ 940Callen#1,638 → #698
  5. ↑ 892Bode#1,665 → #773
Fallers
  1. ↓ 314Dereon#953 → #1,267
  2. ↓ 290Aaden#271 → #561
  3. ↓ 248Landin#935 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 229Rigoberto#920 → #1,149
  5. ↓ 191Dillan#793 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 2010 →