Girls' name · since 1991
Taneah
Taneah has 68 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
68 girls have been named Taneah since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Taneah recorded 68 times among girls since 1991, 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 1991 to 2014.
- #31,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 68 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taneah ranks #31,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 68 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 68
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taneah's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taneah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taneah's full recorded timeline at 2007, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taneah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2014
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Taneah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (40 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Taneah's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Taneah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Taneah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2010s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taneah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1991–2014 (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 Taneah 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.