Tanaisha — girls' name
235 babies named Tanaisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Tanaisha was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Tanaisha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanaisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Tanaisha between 1974 and 2008, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanaisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanaisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 141 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tanaisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanaisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanaisha 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 235 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.
Tanaisha at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tanaisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1974
- Peak year (1993)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
235 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 21 births in a single year.
Tanaisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 141 births that decade — 60% of Tanaisha's all-time total
Tanaisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 141 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Tanaisha's strongest decade
141 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Tanaisha by state
Where Tanaisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 33 | 14.0% |
33 of 235 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.