Tanaka — unisex name

What the Data Says About Tanaka

The Social Security Administration has registered 129 babies named Tanaka between 1972 and 2004, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanaka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Tanaka is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1976.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanaka performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tanaka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanaka 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 129 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.