Boys' name · since 1988
Tanar
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Tanar, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #34,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanar is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 11 have been recorded since 1988.
Tanar has 11 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 1988 to 1992.
- #34,144 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanar ranks #34,144 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #34,144 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanar's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tanar splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tanar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Tanar by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Tanar's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Tanar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 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, 1988–1992 (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 Tanar 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.