Recorded 1991–2014 Girls' name Peak 2005 68 births

Taneah — girls' name

68 babies named Taneah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s402010s17
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Taneah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

10 babies were named Taneah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Taneah

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Taneah between 1991 and 2014, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taneah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taneah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taneah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taneah 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 68 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.

Taneah at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

68

Since 1991

24 years of records

Peak year

2005

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1991

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2014

Taneah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1991

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2005)
10
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
4681012 2014201120102008200720062005200119971991 5

Taneah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
40 births that decade — 59% of Taneah's all-time total
1990s112000s402010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taneah?
68 babies have been named Taneah since 1991. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2005 with 10 births.
When was Taneah most popular?
Taneah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Taneah been used?
Taneah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 24 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Taneah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tanya, Tania, Tanisha, Tana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.