Girls' name · since 1982
Tahani
745 babies named Tahani in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,610 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
745 babies have been named Tahani since 1982, making it today's #3610 girls' name.
Tahani has 745 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3610 as of the latest data, more common than 79% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #9,169 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,610 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 745 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahani ranks #9,169 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,610 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 745 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,169 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,610 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 745
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tahani's 745 recorded births place it above 87.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Tahani compares
745 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tahani's all-time total is 98% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tahani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 745 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 85 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tahani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tahani's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 79% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 21%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 85, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tahani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 85
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Tahani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (330 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Tahani's strongest decade.
330 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Tahani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 78
1990s
78 births
- 2000s 104
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
193 births
- 2020s
2020s
330 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 330 births (44% of all-time use).
How Tahani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tahani's total volume
Tahani by state
Where Tahani concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 49 | 6.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 20 | 2.7% |
| #3 | California | | 17 | 2.3% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 15 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 9 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.7% |
49 of 745 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Tahanis (49 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tahani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tahani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.