Girls' name · since 1978
Tanee
115 babies named Tanee in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanee is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 115 have been recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Tanee recorded 115 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2009.
- #25,651 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanee ranks #25,651 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanee's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanee's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1986 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tanee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2009
- Peak year (1986)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Tanee by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Tanee's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tanee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Tanee's decade-level peak was the 1980s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Tanee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1978–2009 (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 Tanee 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.