Girls' name · since 1974
Tanashia
Tanashia has 201 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,790 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
201 girls have been named Tanashia since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tanashia has 201 recorded births among girls since 1974, 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 1974 to 2009.
- #19,790 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanashia ranks #19,790 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,790 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanashia's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanashia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanashia's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tanashia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2009
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Tanashia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (95 births, 47% of the file).
1990s was Tanashia's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Tanashia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 8
1970s
8 births
- 1980s 18
1980s
18 births
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 95 births (47% of all-time use).
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- Tanashia's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2000s (80) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanashia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1974–2009 (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 Tanashia 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.