Tanav — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tanav

The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Tanav between 2004 and 2021, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tanav currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanav performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanav in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanav 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 138 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.