Tan vs Tanner

Side-by-side comparison of Tan and Tanner — popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

Name A

Tan

Boy name

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Name B

Tanner

Boy name · Rank #443

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Metric Tan Tanner
Current Rank Unranked #443
Total Births (all years) 586 96,980
Peak Year 1985 1998
Peak Year Births 29 4,704
Peak Decade 1980ss 1990ss
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1976 1913

Births by Decade

Decade Tan Tanner
1910ss — 21
1920ss — 22
1930ss — 7
1950ss — 8
1960ss — 53
1970ss 39 816
1980ss 202 5,697
1990ss 178 37,396
2000ss 120 31,681
2010ss 47 17,180
2020ss — 4,099

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Tan Tanner
2014 — 1,865
2015 — 1,715
2016 — 1,605
2017 — 1,331
2018 7 1,141
2019 8 1,017
2020 — 980
2021 — 905
2022 — 783
2023 — 720
2024 — 711

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1976–2019.

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