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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #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 2017

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #198 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 606 boysAKMaine: #115 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 356 boysMEVermont: #97 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 253 boysVTNew Hampshire: #137 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 478 boysNHWashington: #341 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,481 boysWAIdaho: #165 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 527 boysIDMontana: #113 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 329 boysMTNorth Dakota: #151 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 450 boysNDMinnesota: #254 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,083 boysMNIllinois: #397 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 2,135 boysILWisconsin: #224 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 928 boysWIMichigan: #237 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,055 boysMINew York: #370 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 2,121 boysNYMassachusetts: #253 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,253 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedRIOregon: #306 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,241 boysORNevada: #331 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,457 boysNVWyoming: #80 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 219 boysWYSouth Dakota: #143 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 437 boysSDIowa: #237 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 929 boysIAIndiana: #242 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 1,013 boysINOhio: #227 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 1,006 boysOHPennsylvania: #177 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 776 boysPANew Jersey: #452 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,724 boysNJConnecticut: #278 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,405 boysCTCalifornia: #427 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 2,538 boysCAUtah: #124 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 442 boysUTColorado: #214 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 827 boysCONebraska: #217 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 751 boysNEMissouri: #219 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 874 boysMOKentucky: #190 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 721 boysKYWest Virginia: #220 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 833 boysWVVirginia: #182 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 799 boysVAMaryland: #383 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,893 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDEArizona: #332 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,443 boysAZNew Mexico: #266 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,012 boysNMKansas: #329 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,368 boysKSArkansas: #267 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,055 boysARTennessee: #236 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 1,007 boysTNNorth Carolina: #227 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 987 boysNCSouth Carolina: #208 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 808 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #266 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,018 boysOKLouisiana: #231 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 884 boysLAMississippi: #153 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 556 boysMSAlabama: #165 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 635 boysALGeorgia: #252 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 1,074 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Tanner, so not publishedHITexas: #384 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 2,002 boysTXFlorida: #309 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 1,585 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wyoming#80 · 1 in 219
  2. Vermont#97 · 1 in 253
  3. Montana#113 · 1 in 329
  4. Maine#115 · 1 in 356
  5. Utah#124 · 1 in 442

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#8071 in 219
Vermont#9761 in 253
Montana#113111 in 329
Maine#115121 in 356
Utah#124461 in 442
New Hampshire#13791 in 478
South Dakota#14391 in 437
North Dakota#15191 in 450
Mississippi#153241 in 556
Alabama#165361 in 635
Idaho#165151 in 527
Pennsylvania#177751 in 776
Virginia#182511 in 799
Kentucky#190301 in 721
Alaska#19851 in 606
South Carolina#208261 in 808
Colorado#214321 in 827
Nebraska#217131 in 751
Missouri#219351 in 874
West Virginia#22091 in 833
Wisconsin#224281 in 928
North Carolina#227521 in 987
Ohio#227581 in 1,006
Louisiana#231271 in 884
Tennessee#236361 in 1,007
Iowa#237161 in 929
Michigan#237441 in 1,055
Indiana#242341 in 1,013
Georgia#252501 in 1,074
Massachusetts#253231 in 1,253
Minnesota#254251 in 1,083
New Mexico#26681 in 1,012
Oklahoma#266191 in 1,018
Arkansas#267131 in 1,055
Connecticut#278101 in 1,405
Oregon#306141 in 1,241
Florida#309611 in 1,585
Kansas#329111 in 1,368
Nevada#33191 in 1,457
Arizona#332241 in 1,443
Washington#341241 in 1,481
New York#370461 in 2,121
Maryland#383141 in 1,893
Texas#384881 in 2,002
Illinois#397291 in 2,135
California#427851 in 2,538
New Jersey#452151 in 2,724
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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 2017

girls
#3,145
51 births · 1 in 33,852 girls
boys
#272
1,331 births · 1 in 1,391 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #3,145Tanner51

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #272Tanner1,331
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 33,852 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 83.0% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #3,091Zari52
  2. #3,091Zemirah52
  3. #3,091Zooey52
  4. #3,145Tanner51
  5. #3,145Abriana51
  6. #3,145Adamaris51
  7. #3,145Adore51
  8. #3,192Alethea50
  9. #3,192Alexi50
  10. #3,192Aleya50

Tied with 46 names at #3,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,443Ensley#2,412 → #969
  2. ↑ 1,020Oaklynn#1,908 → #888
  3. ↑ 842Dream#1,667 → #825
  4. ↑ 749Oaklyn#1,425 → #676
  5. ↑ 717Melania#1,649 → #932
Fallers
  1. ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
  2. ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
  3. ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
  4. ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
  5. ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,391 of them was named Tanner, which outranked 98.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tanner
  1. #269Tobias1,344
  2. #270Stephen1,334
  3. #271Colt1,333
  4. #272Tanner1,331
  5. #273Kameron1,330
  6. #274Manuel1,327
  7. #275Amari1,323
Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. ↑ 497Wells#1,413 → #916
  2. ↑ 419Kairo#1,221 → #802
  3. ↑ 339Caspian#1,199 → #860
  4. ↑ 313Colson#1,049 → #736
  5. ↑ 311Kace#1,183 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 415Riaan#861 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 292Chevy#980 → #1,272
  3. ↓ 245Kylo#904 → #1,149
  4. ↓ 226Braeden#993 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 194Kamdyn#809 → #1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017 →