Girls' name · since 1995
Tanayah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 190 babies named Tanayah, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
190 girls have been named Tanayah since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Tanayah recorded 190 times among girls since 1995, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1995 to 2020.
- #20,370 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 190 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanayah ranks #20,370 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 190 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,370 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 190
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanayah's 190 recorded births place it above 71.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tanayah splits its recorded history at 2006: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tanayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2020
- Peak year (2006)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Tanayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (115 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Tanayah's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Tanayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
115 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 115 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Tanayah's data
- Tanayah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (115 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1995–2020 (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 Tanayah 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.