Tanya
- #3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births
- Last seen for boys in 1996 at #9,015
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 5,997 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 13 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 116,855since 1914
Tanya over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,712 | 40 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,395 | 46 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,792 | 61 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,553 | 43 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,549 | 67 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,584 | 67 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,108 | 91 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,908 | 106 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,634 | 131 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,487 | 149 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,201 | 204 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,105 | 223 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,015 | 247 | — | |
| 2009 | #988 | 268 | — | |
| 2008 | #845 | 333 | — | |
| 2007 | #812 | 354 | — | |
| 2006 | #747 | 370 | — | |
| 2005 | #690 | 401 | — | |
| 2004 | #635 | 430 | — | |
| 2003 | #602 | 453 | — | |
| 2002 | #570 | 463 | — | |
| 2001 | #606 | 416 | — | |
| 2000 | #570 | 455 | — | |
| 1999 | #602 | 404 | — | |
| 1998 | #599 | 400 | — | |
| 1997 | #511 | 473 | — | |
| 1996 | #444 | 571 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #413 | 621 | — | |
| 1994 | #367 | 707 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #248 | 1,117 | — | |
| 1992 | #265 | 1,054 | — | |
| 1991 | #252 | 1,108 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #252 | 1,118 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #193 | 1,387 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #185 | 1,505 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #156 | 1,750 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #160 | 1,766 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #139 | 2,113 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #139 | 2,111 | #3,107 | 14 |
| 1983 | #134 | 2,227 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #114 | 2,600 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #92 | 3,408 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #88 | 3,436 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | #93 | 3,225 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #81 | 3,576 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #67 | 4,085 | #2,063 | 23 |
| 1976 | #61 | 4,819 | #2,113 | 22 |
| 1975 | #50 | 5,377 | #1,835 | 26 |
| 1974 | #46 | 5,997 | #1,335 | 41 |
| 1973 | #50 | 5,632 | #1,612 | 29 |
| 1972 | #54 | 5,402 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #72 | 4,855 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #76 | 4,862 | #2,058 | 19 |
| 1969 | #90 | 3,964 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #106 | 3,403 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #132 | 2,657 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #160 | 2,170 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #173 | 2,021 | — | |
| 1964 | #189 | 1,969 | — | |
| 1963 | #198 | 1,847 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #200 | 1,809 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #210 | 1,647 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #217 | 1,540 | — | |
| 1959 | #219 | 1,461 | — | |
| 1958 | #242 | 1,246 | — | |
| 1957 | #247 | 1,203 | — | |
| 1956 | #271 | 1,006 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #324 | 697 | — | |
| 1954 | #349 | 607 | — | |
| 1953 | #369 | 533 | — | |
| 1952 | #410 | 423 | — | |
| 1951 | #426 | 384 | — | |
| 1950 | #427 | 354 | — | |
| 1949 | #486 | 272 | — | |
| 1948 | #475 | 284 | — | |
| 1947 | #465 | 309 | — | |
| 1946 | #453 | 294 | — | |
| 1945 | #532 | 186 | — | |
| 1944 | #517 | 196 | — | |
| 1943 | #537 | 195 | — | |
| 1942 | #605 | 151 | — | |
| 1941 | #707 | 98 | — | |
| 1940 | #854 | 70 | — | |
| 1939 | #903 | 60 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,035 | 47 | — | |
| 1936 | #791 | 73 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,440 | 26 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,658 | 21 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,957 | 17 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,301 | 14 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
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| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
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First appearance
1914
The first year at least five girls were named Tanya! It came in at #2,265, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1923, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tanya is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- California#1,948 · 1 in 16,172
- Florida#2,151 · 1 in 17,352
Best ever in a state: #14 in South Dakota, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,948 | 10 | 1 in 16,172 |
| Florida | #2,151 | 5 | 1 in 17,352 |
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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 Tanya
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 1,163 spots since 2020 (#2,549 → #3,712)
- Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1936
- Biggest drop: 244 spots in 1937
Rise & fade · girls
60 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1974 at #46 (5,997 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 13 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 13 yrs · run 1969–1981
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1939–2009
Share of babies · girls
1 in 245
- Highest: 1 in 245 girls born in 1974 were named Tanya (0.41%)
- Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 40.9% of all girls named Tanya (47,830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,265 (1914) | #3,351 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,301 (1929) | #3,102 |
| 1930s | 383 | #791 (1936) | #1,287 |
| 1940s | 2,055 | #453 (1946) | #563 |
| 1950s | 7,914 | #219 (1959) | #328 |
| 1960s | 23,027 | #90 (1969) | #168 |
| 1970s | 47,830 | #46 (1974) | #65 |
| 1980s | 22,303 | #88 (1980) | #140 |
| 1990s | 7,573 | #248 (1993) | #395 |
| 2000s | 3,943 | #570 (2002) | #707 |
| 2010s | 1,389 | #1,015 (2010) | #1,744 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,549 (2020) | #3,213 |
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.
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