Tana — #8001 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tana

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,269 babies named Tana between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tana currently holds the #8001 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 241 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tana performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 2,063 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 804 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tana in 38 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.