Girls' name · since 1978
Tanasia
1,227 babies named Tanasia in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,227
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,227 babies have been named Tanasia since 1978, making it today's #15412 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Tanasia recorded 1,227 times among girls since 1978, holding rank #15412 nationally today, ahead of 11% of girls, 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 1978 to 2025.
- #6,510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,412 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,227 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanasia ranks #6,510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,412 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,227 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,412 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,227
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanasia's 1,227 recorded births place it above 90.99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Tanasia compares
1,227 Top 29% higher than 71% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tanasia's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tanasia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,227 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 90 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tanasia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanasia's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 90, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tanasia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 90
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Tanasia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (565 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Tanasia's strongest decade.
565 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tanasia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 51
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
484 births
- 2000s
2000s
565 births
- 2010s 106
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 565 births (46% of all-time use).
How Tanasia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tanasia's total volume
Tanasia by state
Where Tanasia concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 193 | 15.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 96 | 7.8% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 77 | 6.3% |
| #4 | South Carolina | | 46 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 39 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 30 | 2.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 24 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 21 | 1.7% |
193 of 1,227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Tanasia appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tanasia's data
- Tanasia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (565 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tanasias (193 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tanasia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Tanasia 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.