Girls' name · since 1975
Taneal
127 babies named Taneal in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taneal sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 127 recorded since 1975.
Taneal has 127 recorded births among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 2007.
- #24,533 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taneal ranks #24,533 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Taneal's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taneal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taneal's full recorded timeline at 1993, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taneal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2007
- Peak year (1975)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Taneal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (42 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Taneal's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Taneal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
20 births
- 1980s
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 42 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Taneal's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2000s (40) -- 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 Taneal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1975–2007 (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 Taneal 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.