Girls' name · since 1983
Tanayia
80 babies named Tanayia in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanayia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Tanayia recorded 80 times among girls since 1983, 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 1983 to 2010.
- #29,681 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanayia ranks #29,681 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,681 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanayia's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanayia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tanayia splits its recorded history at 2003: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tanayia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2010
- Peak year (2002)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2010.
80 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 13 births in a single year.
Tanayia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 73% of the file).
2000s was Tanayia's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Tanayia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (73% of all-time use).
Tanayia decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Tanayia's data
- Tanayia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- 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 Tanayia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1983–2010 (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 Tanayia 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.
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