Girls' name · since 1976
Tanae
675 babies named Tanae in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 675
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 675 recorded since 1976.
Tanae has 675 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2022.
- #9,749 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 675 born since 1976
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanae ranks #9,749 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 675 born since 1976, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,749 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 675
- born since 1976
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanae's 675 recorded births place it above 86.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Tanae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanae's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 31, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tanae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2022
- Peak year (1990)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Tanae by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (230 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Tanae's strongest decade.
230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Tanae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 18
1970s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
148 births
- 1990s
1990s
230 births
- 2000s
2000s
207 births
- 2010s 67
2010s
67 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 230 births (34% of all-time use).
How Tanae 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 Tanae's total volume
Tanae by state
Where Tanae concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
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What to do with Tanae's data
- Tanae's decade-level peak was the 1990s (230 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Tanaes (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tanae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1976–2022 (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 Tanae 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.