Girls' name · since 1971
Tanea
Tanea has 745 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 745
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanea sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 745 recorded since 1971.
Tanea has 745 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 2019.
- #9,170 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 745 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanea ranks #9,170 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 745 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,170 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 745
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tanea's 745 recorded births place it above 87.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
Tanea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanea's full recorded timeline at 1993, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2019
- Peak year (1998)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Tanea by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (219 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Tanea's strongest decade.
219 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Tanea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
113 births
- 1980s
1980s
177 births
- 1990s
1990s
219 births
- 2000s
2000s
200 births
- 2010s 36
2010s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 219 births (29% of all-time use).
How Tanea 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 Tanea's total volume
Tanea by state
Where Tanea concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
16 of 745 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Tanea's decade-level peak was the 1990s (219 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Taneas (16 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tanea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1971–2019 (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 Tanea 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.