Girls' name · since 1997
Tanah
23 babies named Tanah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1997.
Social Security Administration records show Tanah recorded 23 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2007.
- #44,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanah ranks #44,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #44,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanah's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanah's full recorded timeline at 2005, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Tanah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (13 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Tanah's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tanah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 13 births (57% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1997–2007 (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 Tanah 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.