Tarnisha
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 36 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 397since 1971
Tarnisha over time
Rank among girls' names. Tarnisha has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
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| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #6,264 | 14 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #3,002 | 26 |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 |
| 1975 | #2,278 | 36 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Tarnisha! It came in at #6,006, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1998, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Tarnisha is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#559 · 1 in 4,370
- New York#1,617 · 1 in 20,361
Best ever in a state: #559 in Alabama, 1975.
Show every state
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| Alabama | #559 | 5 | 1 in 4,370 |
| New York | #1,617 | 5 | 1 in 20,361 |
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See more about Tarnisha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1975 at #2,278 (36 births)
- Births halved by 1976, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 40,496 girls born in 1975 were named Tarnisha (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 363,207 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
- 43.1% of all girls named Tarnisha (171) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 171 | #2,278 (1975) | #3,947 |
| 1980s | 135 | #3,647 (1982) | #5,734 |
| 1990s | 86 | #5,484 (1992) | #8,552 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,031 (2000) | #15,031 |
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.
Tarnisha in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
More about 1975
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1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 40,496 of them was named Tarnisha, which outranked 78.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,232Tarina37
- #2,232Taylor37
- #2,232Zaneta37
- #2,278Tarnisha36
- #2,278Cammy36
- #2,278Danell36
- #2,278Deneen36
- #2,321Beckie35
- #2,321Brandice35
- #2,321Camie35
Tied with 42 names at #2,278; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.